The ‘Five Million Dollar Ant Bite Case’ Goes to Appeals Court … as the Legal World Watches By NANCY SMITH February 27, 2018 – 2:15pm First District Court of Appeal A Hamilton County jury verdict that has drawn the attention of national legal scholars and civil justice reform advocates goes before the First District […]
By: Samantha Joseph – February 23, 2018 Under Florida law, county courts handle cases with up to $15,000 at stake, but that limit could more than triple under proposed legislation. Proposed legislation making its way through the Florida House and Senate would increase the county court jurisdictional limit to $50,000, potentially clearing thousands of cases […]
PIP car insurance, built to curb lawsuits, spurs record pile instead Feb 22, 2018 By Charles Elmore, Protecting Your Pocket A no-fault car insurance system that was supposed to reduce lawsuits in Florida has instead produced an all-time high mountain of more than 60,000 of them in 2017, a new report shows. Source: […]
By Charles Elmore – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer More than 60,000 cases were filed in Florida courthouses in 2017 involving the state’s no-fault car insurance system, research shows. Posted: 2:06 p.m. Friday, February 23, 2018 A no-fault car insurance system that was supposed to reduce lawsuits in Florida has instead produced a record mountain […]
Ted Bunker – 20 February 2018 Florida’s assignment-of-benefits (AOB) crisis shows no sign of abating, and the one-way attorney fee rule often leaves insurers with little choice but to settle inflated claims without a fight, according to a study released today by a group advocating a reform of AOB laws. The group, the Florida Justice Reform […]
Attorney, Vendor AOB Lawsuits Top Insurance Litigation in 2017: FJRI Report By Amy O’Connor | February 20, 2018 Litigation from the abuse of assignment of benefits by third parties represented more than half of all Florida insurance litigation in 2017, and without a legislative fix those fueling the abuse will continue to get rich […]
Legal advocacy group opposes legislation to repeal Florida nonjoinder of insurer provisions By Karen Kidd | Feb 16, 2018 Legislation introduced in the Florida Legislature last month that would repeal nonjoinder of insurer provisions in state law is opposed by a legal advocacy group. TALLAHASSEE — Legislation introduced in the Florida Legislature last month that would repeal nonjoinder […]
Tort reformer William Large keeps plugging away for PIP bad-faith revamp MICHAEL MOLINE February 12, 2018, 8:37 am One argument in the debate over repeal of Florida’s no-fault auto insurance system isn’t finding much love in the Legislature — that the real key to lower premiums is reform of the legal rules governing coverage disputes […]
Steube AOB bill passes judiciary panel despite business opposition by Michael Carroll | Feb. 7, 2018, 9:41am TALLAHASSEE – A revamped bill that aims to address rising assignment-of-benefits concerns in Florida passed the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee Tuesday, but still failed to win support from the insurance industry and business interests. SB 1168, authored […]
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Legislative misses PETER SCHORSCH February 3, 2018, 5:35 am PIP quibbles The Legislature is barking up the wrong tree on PIP repeal, according to Florida Justice Reform President William Large. Fixing Florida’s bad-faith laws would do more to lower premiums, he said in a written statement. “This landmark PCI report on HB […]