Florida’s HB 837 brings significant changes to bad faith insurance framework (FL)

On March 24, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 837 into law. HB 837 has been a hot topic in the news and legal community because it is one of the most significant tort reform bills to make its way through the Florida legislature to date. Notably, HB 837 modifies the bad faith insurance framework, cut the longstanding statute of limitations for negligence claims in half (from four years to two years), changed Florida’s pure comparative negligence system to a modified comparative negligence system, among other significant changes. This blog discusses the changes to the bad faith insurance framework.   Read the article………………………..

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