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Recent Florida Legislative Changes Impact Sureties' Exposure to Attorneys' Fees and Bad Faith Claims

Fri Apr 7, 2023 Legal Alerts

A few days ago, Governor DeSantis signed House Bill 837 into law enacting sweeping tort reforms.  This marks the second large scale reform to Florida law governing insurers and sureties in the last six months.  In December 2022, Florida eliminated the one-way attorneys’ fees provision for property insurance claims.  House Bill 837 goes further and eliminates one-way attorneys’ fees against insurers entirely. It also makes changes to statutes of limitations, comparative fault, and bad faith.  The bill does, however, expressly preserve claimants’ rights to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees for successful claims against construction payment and performance bond sureties. 

Ryan Weeks recently co-chaired the Fidelity Law Association’s 28th Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Fri Dec 2, 2022 News

Ryan Weeks recently co-chaired the Fidelity Law Association’s 28th Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Brett Divers recently chaired the two-day CLE Program at the National Bond Claims Association’s Annual Conference. Matt Davis presented about the surety’s ability to recover from a bonded contractor’s general liability carrier.

Thu Oct 20, 2022 News

Seven Paskert Divers Thompson Attorneys Selected by Their Peers for Inclusion in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Wed Aug 25, 2021 News

The Firm is pleased to announce that nearly half of its lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Nathan Diehl Recognized in Inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

Tue Aug 25, 2020 Newsletter