Business lobbyists say they’re confident Chris Dorworth will stay with them on tort reform Jason Garcia – October 12, 2012 Business lobbyists say they expect future House Speaker Chris Dorwoth will continue to support restrictions on lawsuits as he gains more power in Tallahassee, even though Florida’s trial law have helped the Lake Mary […]
Scott to Sign PIP Reform Law ‘Very Soon’ By Jim Turner | Posted: March 12, 2012 Gov. Rick Scott made a quick visit to the Senate floor late Friday after a bill to revamp personal injury protection auto insurance was sent to his desk. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, who along with Scott […]
Senate panel rewrites changes to expert testimony rules 02/29/12 A Senate panel on Wednesday rewrote the bill (SB 378) that changes the state’s standards for expert testimony in court cases, placing it at odds with the version passed last week by the House. The original measure would replace the current standard, which requires that expert […]
Kill Bills THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 2012 Florida is one of the most litigious states in the country. But attempts to change the laws meet intense resistance from trial lawyers. by: Rod Thomson Staff Writer REVIEW SUMMARY Issue. Businesses say lawsuit-friendly Florida is a drag on the economy. Key. Make state laws more business-friendly in […]
Major Med-Mal Case to be Heard by Supreme Court Thursday By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA – 02.12.12 THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE — Suffering from a serious condition known as preeclampsia, 20-year-old Michelle McCall went to a Fort Walton Beach hospital in February 2006 to give birth to a son. Within days, McCall […]
House Panel Rejects ‘Bad-Faith’ Insurance Reform Bill By KENRIC WARD January 25, 2012 – 6:00pm A “simple” bad-faith insurance bill bogged down in complex legal arguments Thursday and failed to clear the House Civil Justice Subcommittee. House Bill 427 set a 60-day time limit for insurers to resolve third-party claims. Rep. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, said […]
Crashworthiness passed in 2011; PIP to be considered in 2012 By Angie Drobnic Holan – January 4, 2012 Rick Scott made many promises during the campaign to help business, and one of those promises included tort reform. Generally speaking, tort reform means putting new legal limits on attorneys that sue companies for damages. It can […]
PIP AGAIN DRAWS TESTIMONY, NOT VOTES By MICHAEL PELTIER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, December 7, 2011……A plan to make changes to personal injury protection insurance inched forward Wednesday as committees in both the House and Senate took testimony but no votes on bills backers say are needed to lower costs in a fraud-riddled system. […]
Canady, Polston often dissent in Florida Supreme Court cases Jim Saunders – 7:42 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 | Filed in: News For Florida Supreme Court justices, the numbers are familiar: 5-2. The court in recent months has split by that margin on a series of cases, with Chief Justice Charles Canady and Justice Ricky […]
PIP stands to change or die under new proposal Christine Jordan Sexton, 11/10/2011 – 07:44 PM Florida’s no-fault auto insurance system will be eliminated in four years unless the Legislature reviews and agrees to re-enact the law under a proposed committee substitute that will be “workshopped” by the HouseInsurance & Banking Subcommittee next […]