Christine Jordan Sexton February 7, 2024 The issue is a top priority for the Florida Justice Reform Institute and the American Tort Reform Foundation. While it may have slowed down in the House, a Senate panel this week approved an insurance industry-backed bill that cracks down on the $13.5 billion third-party litigation financing industry. Orlando […]
Christine Jordan Sexton – February 5, 2024 The bill didn’t have the support it needed to pass the subcommittee. For the second time in as many weeks, the House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee deferred a vote on legislation to crack down on the $13.5 billion third-party litigation financing industry. Subcommittee member and Jacksonville Republican Rep. Wayne Duggan was absent, and […]
Christine Jordan Sexton – January 29, 2024 The legislation is a priority for the Florida Justice Reform Institute The House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee deferred a vote on legislation to crack down on the $13.5 billion third-party litigation financing industry. Subcommittee Vice Chairman David Smith announced a vote on HB 1179 was being deferred at bill co-sponsor and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Tommy Gregory’s request. […]
Staff Reports – January 29, 2024 A digest of the day’s politics and policy while the bartender refreshes your drink. Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Legislation that would crack down on third-party litigation financiers appeared to be on the fast track, but it hit a snag […]
Christine Jordan Sexton – January 25, 2024 Litigation financing was left out of last year’s omnibus tort bill, and in previous years the bills have died in committee. The Republican-controlled Legislature is moving a proposal that would crack down on outside parties who help bankroll lawsuits by requiring attorneys who contract with them to disclose that […]
Litigation financing is on the rise and pro-business groups in Florida support a bill requiring disclosure of third party financiers. (Shutterstock) By Ron Hurtibise | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel UPDATED: January 23, 2024 at 6:13 p.m. As legal fees grow larger, more and more plaintiffs are forced to borrow money to fund lawsuits against parties they contend caused […]
By Jim Saunders Jan 22, 2024 TALLAHASSEE — Florida senators Monday began moving forward with a proposal that would make major changes in the state’s medical-malpractice laws, including limiting pain-and-suffering damages in lawsuits against doctors and hospitals. The proposal refueled a decades-long debate in the Capitol about damage caps, pitting doctors, hospitals, insurers and business […]
By Florida Daily -December 6, 2023, 4:00 pm The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) released its annual Judicial Hellholes report this week and Florida is no longer listed on it. “Florida has long been a top five judicial hellhole, but steadily improved under Governor Ron DeSantis’ leadership, with ATRA upgrading Florida to the ‘watch list’ in 2020,” said William Large, the […]
FLORIDA RECORD Attorney Ashley Kalifeh expects dramatic reductions in auto glass litigation in Florida in 2024. | Capital City Consulting By Michael Carroll – Dec 1, 2023 Nearly 54,000 auto glass lawsuits were filed in Florida during the first three quarters of 2023 despite the passage of recent legal reform measures, far outpacing the level of […]
Nov 27, 2023 By Jim Ash Florida House members are renewing a bipartisan effort to eliminate a Florida law that prevents some surviving family members from recovering damages for medical negligence. Rep. Mike Beltran, R-Zephyrhills, and Rep. Johanna Lopez, D-Orlando, are co-sponsoring HB 129, otherwise known as the “Keith Davis Family Protection Act.” Rep. Mike Beltran […]