The Florida House has passed a bill aimed at restoring "one-way attorneys fees" for lawsuits against insurers, intertwined with an unrelated Senate bill. Proponents of reducing legal costs for insurers are urging the Senate to reject this amendment. This proposal comes as insurers argue that previous reforms made their industry unprofitable by allowing rampant frivolous lawsuits. Current measures require plaintiffs to bear attorney costs, which critics say limits their ability to challenge unwarranted insurance claims. The tension continues to unfold amidst various other insurance legislative proposals this session.
I hope the Senate will do the right thing and be the adults in the room," said Stacey Giulianti, chief legal officer at Boca Raton-based Florida Peninsula Insurance.
The effort to restore the right of plaintiffs to claim attorneys fees in lawsuits against insurers has overshadowed dozens of other insurance-related bills introduced for the session.
In arguing for the reforms three years ago, insurers said that the industry had become unprofitable due to an avalanche of frivolous lawsuits filed under a century-old Florida law.
Knowing that emboldens insurers to treat policyholders unfairly, attorneys say.
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