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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…
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…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Language in a large construction bill relating to construction defect claims was approved by Governor DeSantis on June 7, 2019 when he signed HB 447. Starting July 1, 2019, the language provides that a notice of claim pursuant to chapter 558 does not toll any statute of repose.
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…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House omnibus insurance bill (HB 301) was approved by the full House on April 11, 2019 by a vote of 114-0. On May 3, 2019, the Senate approved the bill with a 37-1 vote. The bill now goes to Governor DeSantis for signature. The bill that passed includes…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On May 2, 2019, with amendment 970072, the Senate added language to a House building permits bill dealing with the effect of pre-suit notices under the statute of repose for construction defect claims. The amendment also made other changes to the building permits bill the House sent over. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House omnibus insurance bill (HB 301) was approved by the full House on April 11, 2019 by a vote of 114-0. On May 2, 2019, the Senate substituted the House bill for the Senate bill and rolled it to third reading and a final vote on May 3,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 862, a tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, was sent to Governor DeSantis on April 30, 2019 when the House approved it by a vote of 83-32. The House vote was not a party line vote, although all of the “no” votes were cast by…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 862, a tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, will go to the Governor if the House approves it. We expect they will approve the bill on April 30, 2019. Procedurally, the bill passed the Senate on April 25, 2019 and was sent to the House…