https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/florida-tort-reform-now-law-effective-6940420/HB 837 includes the following provisions:
Reducing the statute of limitations for general negligence cases from four years to two years;
Changing Florida’s comparative negligence system from a “pure” comparative negligence system to a “modified” one under which a plaintiff who is more than 50 percent at fault for his or her own injuries is barred from recovering any damages; and
Encouraging transparency regarding damage awards by eliminating “phantom” medical expenses and providing uniform standards to assist juries to more accurately calculate the value of past and future medical expenses.
Reducing the amount of frivolous lawsuits is great and would be great if we applied it nationally especially when it comes to the medical industry as that would help reduce healthcare costs.
