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Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know

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Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how insurers...more

Cozen O'Connor

South Carolina’s New Tort Reform and Liquor Liability Law

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On May 28, 2025, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster officially signed H.3430, also known as Act 42, which amends part of South Carolina’s Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, S.C. Code Ann. §15-38-15, as well as laws...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 37 - March 2024

Senate committee meetings continue under the Gold Dome as this report is published on Wednesday. With the Senate’s requirement that bills pass out of committee before the chamber convenes for Legislative Day 38, legislators...more

Burr & Forman

Florida’s Comprehensive Tort Reform – Governor DeSantis Signs H.B. 837 Into Law, Signaling a New Era For Civil Litigation in...

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On March 24, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed H.B. 837 into law. This legislation enacts significant and wide-ranging changes to civil litigation practice in the state, including revamping comparative negligence...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Florida Tort Reform Law Brings Significant Changes

Florida House Bill 837, signed into law on March 24, 2023, implements significant tort reform measures that should interest any company engaging in business in Florida, owning property in Florida or litigating in Florida. The...more

Akerman LLP

Comprehensive Tort Reforms Signed into Florida Law

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Comprehensive tort reform legislation was passed by the Florida Legislature on Thursday, March 23, 2023. By noon Friday, March 24, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the legislation, which was one of his pre-session...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Florida’s Tort Reform and its Impact on Subrogation

HB 837 was introduced to the Florida House of Representatives on February 15, 2023.  The bill went quickly through the House of Representatives and Senate and was signed into law on March 24, 2023, by Governor Ron DeSantis....more

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