No-fault repeal backed in Florida Senate
Jim Saunders, Reporter, News Service of Florida
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida senators continued moving forward Monday with a proposal to do away with the state’s longstanding no-fault auto insurance system, with trial attorneys and insurers closely watching the debate.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB 54) that would eliminate no-fault - and its requirement that motorists carry personal-injury protection, or PIP, coverage - and mandate bodily injury coverage.
Sponsor Danny Burgess, R-Zephyrhills, said the bill would make Florida like 48 other states that have bodily-injury insurance systems. He said he thinks it would help ensure that motorists have adequate coverage.
Florida Senate committee backs repeal of no-fault car insurance
Bill also raises possibility that motorists could pay deductibles to have windshields replaced.
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Attendees fill the room as the state Senate Rules Committee holds a hearing at the Capitol on Jan. 22, 2020 in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Aileen Perilla) [ AILEEN PERILLA | AP ]
By News Service of Florida
Published Feb. 16
TALLAHASSEE â Florida senators continued moving forward Monday with a proposal to do away with the stateâs longstanding no-fault auto insurance system, with trial attorneys and insurers closely watching the debate.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB 54) that would eliminate no-fault â and its requirement that motorists carry personal-injury protection coverage â and mandate bodily injury coverage.
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Legislation gets Florida health care providers step closer to protection from COVID lawsuits
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TALLAHASSEE – Testimony during a Senate committee Wednesday revealed there are at least 112 COVID-19-related lawsuits in the pipeline against nursing and assisted living facilities in Florida.
But legislation approved by the committee gets health care providers one step closer to being protected from COVID suits, as long as they followed the rules.
Health care workers doing their best on the frontline of the COVID fight could soon be immune from lawsuits.
“We’ve had 1.8 million Floridians affected,” said Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-Fla.
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Testimony during a Senate committee Wednesday revealed there are at least 112 COVID-related lawsuits in the pipeline against nursing and assisted living facilities in Florida.
But Legislation approved by the committee gets health care providers one step closer to being protected from COVID suits, as long as they followed the rules.
Health care workers doing their best on the front line of the COVID fight could soon be immune from lawsuits.
“We’ve had 1.8 million Floridians affected,” said Senator Jeff Brandes.
Brandes is sponsoring the bill that would provide liability protections for health care workers.