FIC: Dangerous Instrumentality Bill Signed

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 862, a tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, was signed by Governor DeSantis on June 18, 2019 and takes effect on July 1, 2019.   The bill is in response to a 2018 Florida Supreme Court decision which expanded the dangerous instrumentality doctrine to hold…

FIC: Dangerous Instrumentality Bill Signed

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 862, a tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, was signed by Governor DeSantis on June 18, 2019 and takes effect on July 1, 2019.   The bill is in response to a 2018 Florida Supreme Court decision which expanded the dangerous instrumentality doctrine to hold…

FIC: Construction Defect Change Headed To Governor

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On the last day of Session, the House accepted language added by the Senate to a House building permits bill dealing with the effect of pre-suit notices under the statute of repose for construction defect claims. Procedurally, the House concurred in Senate amendment 353614 to HB 447 and passed…