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According to TampaBay.com, Florida’s court clerks were overwhelmed by case influx before approval of new lawsuit regulations. The recently passed law intended to reduce certain types of lawsuits led to a last-minute filing surge, causing clerk offices to struggle in the days prior. On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis enacted House Bill 837, legislation designed […]
Florida’s New Lawsuit Regulations
According to TampaBay.com, Florida’s court clerks were overwhelmed by case influx before approval of new lawsuit regulations. The recently passed law intended to reduce certain types of lawsuits led to a last-minute filing surge, causing clerk offices to struggle in the days prior.
On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis enacted House Bill 837, legislation designed to decrease frivolous lawsuits related to insurance and personal injury claims. Expecting the bill’s approval, litigants swamped local court clerks with new civil claims in the days before its enactment. Governor Ron DeSantis enacted House Bill 837 on Friday, legislation aiming to decrease frivolous lawsuits related to insurance and personal injury claims. Expecting the bill’s approval, litigants swamped local court clerks with new civil claims in the days before its enactment.
“Every big clerk I’ve talked to is experiencing a flood of cases being filed,” said Ken Burke, Pinellas County’s Circuit Court Clerk and Comptroller.
In Pinellas, auto negligence cases filed between March 17 and the previous Thursday totaled 2,085, compared to 50 during the same period a year earlier.
Commercial establishment negligence cases also surged, rising from six to 355 during that time.
The trigger was House Bill 837, a comprehensive reform of the state’s legal system enacted by lawmakers last week.
The bill represents a culmination of insurance companies’ long-standing efforts to make it more difficult and costly to sue them in Florida. Republican lawmakers had previously provided similar protections for property insurance companies, arguing that litigation was increasing homeowners’ insurance costs.
The new legislation expanded these changes to other insurance categories, such as auto, health, life, and liability. Among other provisions, the law:
The swift passage of these changes prompted some Republican lawmakers to hesitate. Four GOP senators joined most Democrats in opposing the bill last week. Former President Donald Trump labeled it an “insurance company bailout” and criticized DeSantis for supporting it.
“Why the rush to enact this law? Ask yourself that,” said lawyer Curry Pajcic, the Florida Justice Association President.
The law took effect immediately upon DeSantis’ signing on Friday morning instead of the regular July 1 start date. This rapid turnaround prompted attorneys statewide to file cases before the deadline. Pajcic stated that most of these lawsuits would have been settled out of court and only filed if the legislation had been enacted.
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