Law 360
MARCH 24, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law a sweeping tort reform bill that he said will decrease frivolous lawsuits, change the state from a "judicial hellhole," and attract more investment in the state.
Law 360
MARCH 23, 2023
The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a sweeping tort reform bill that changes the comparative negligence standards for jury verdicts, cuts the statute of limitations for injury cases in half, and eliminates one-way attorney fees and fee multipliers for all lines of insurance, sending the bill to Gov.
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JURIST
JUNE 6, 2022
The parents of Gianinna Gallardo initiated this lawsuit to seek “a declaration that Florida was violating the Medicaid Act by trying to recover from portions of the settlement compensating for future medical expenses.” ” Medicaid still pays for Gallardo’s medical expenses because she is permanently disabled.
JURIST
MAY 15, 2022
The families of 98 victims of the Champlain Towers south condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida reached a $997 million settlement Wednesday. The victims’ families brought a class-action lawsuit in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and for Miami-Dade County, Florida. The condominium collapsed on June 24, 2021.
JURIST
JUNE 2, 2022
A Florida appeals court Wednesday held that the University of South Florida (USF) cannot invoke sovereign immunity to avoid a COVID-19 student fees lawsuit. However, Florida law waives sovereign immunity for torts, subject to exceptions.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 6, 2022
Florida’s statute includes a formula that allocates $300,000 to past and future medical expenses. The result of this case is that Florida, which has spent more than $300,000 on Gallardo’s medical care, can take $300,000 from the settlement; it is not limited to $36,000.
JURIST
JANUARY 11, 2022
Marstiller on whether the “federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid’s payment of a beneficiary’s past medical expenses by taking funds from the portion of the beneficiary’s tort recovery that compensates for future medical expenses.”
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