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Possible Changes to Florida Damages Statute: Florida Statute 768.042 in Personal Injury Cases

March 6, 2020

Jurys often time struggle with calculating future medical expenses to award or not to award during jury deliberations. Florida law restricts recovery of future medical expenses to those expenses “reasonably certain” to be...

FL Insurance Industry Pushes for Lawsuit Abuse Reform in 2020 Legislative Session

February 6, 2020

Florida’s insurance industry and consumer advocates are pushing lawmakers to consider reforms that would curb lawsuit abuses that clog the state’s legal system and hurt insurers’ bottom lines. During the...

Insurance Bills to Watch for the 2020 Legislative Session in Florida

January 31, 2020

Several key insurance-related bills were introduced in this year’s Legislative Session, including reform for auto glass (windshield), assignment of benefits (AOB) abuse, reforms to the state’s legal system, and changes to...

Florida Supreme Court Dismisses Review of Assignment of Benefits Dispute

August 7, 2019

A divided Florida Supreme Court discharged jurisdiction and dismissed the review proceeding of an assignment of benefits case due to a law that was passed this spring revamping the AOB system. According to court documents,...

What Laws Did or Did Not Pass During Florida’s 2019 Legislative Session

July 19, 2019

Many laws that were passed by the Florida Legislature during the 2019 legislative session effect the insurance industry. The majority of the laws took affect on July 1st. Here’s a summary of what did and did not pass....

Florida Legislature Passes Assignment of Benefits Reform Bill

April 24, 2019

On April 24, 2019, by a vote of 25-14 the Florida Senate passed SB 122 that addresses AOB’s for residential or commercial property insurance claims and limits attorney’s fees related to AOB agreements. The Senate bill was...

Appeal Court Backed Air Ambulance Firm in PIP Dispute

May 15, 2018

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals backed air-ambulance firm Air Methods Corp. in a dispute stemming from a traffic accident that resulted in the death of accident victim Lemar Bailey about whether the amount paid for...

Minor ADA Violations Cost Florida Businesses Thousands in Attorneys Fees

February 13, 2018

Central Florida businesses being sued by a Daytona Beach attorney for potential violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act are awaiting a federal ruling to determine whether they’ll have to pay settlements in the...

Overreaching Assignments & Their Impact on Your Claims Handling

January 8, 2018

Recently, there has been an uptick in changes to the language in the assignment of benefit contracts which emergency mitigation companies are having Insureds sign....

New Statute To Help Deflect Frivolous ADA Lawsuits

September 27, 2017

Florida lawmakers have implemented a new law aimed at ADA public accommodation compliance lawsuits....

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