No. SB 518
Filed under Occupational.
Products Liability Actions Under the Florida Pesticide Law; Prohibiting a pesticide-related products liability action based on a manufacturer’s failure to warn if the pesticide’s label meets specified conditions, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDA lawsuit claiming a pesticide manufacturer failed to warn of health risks can no longer proceed if the product's label was approved by the EPA, matches its risk assessment, or matches its cancer classification.
The bar applies to any pesticide registered with the EPA under federal law, and only one of the three label conditions needs to be met for the shield to apply.
The shield disappears only if the EPA itself determines the manufacturer knowingly hid, misrepresented, or destroyed health-risk information to get or keep its label approved -- a finding the agency, not a Florida court, must make.
Other products liability theories, like design or manufacturing defects, are not affected -- this section only blocks claims resting specifically on a manufacturer's alleged failure to warn.
AIA products liability claim based on a manufacturer's failure to warn may not be brought against any EPA-registered pesticide if its label meets at least one of three listed conditions tied to EPA approval, risk assessment, or cancer classification.
AIThe bar applies if the pesticide's label is EPA-approved, consistent with the most recent EPA human health risk assessment, or consistent with EPA's carcinogenicity classification -- meeting just one condition is enough.
AIThe liability shield does not apply if the EPA determines the manufacturer knowingly withheld, concealed, misrepresented, or destroyed material health-risk or carcinogenicity information in order to get or keep its label approved.