Three bills that would chip away at or substantially reverse 2022 reforms on attorney fees and medical damages passed Florida House subcommittees by wide margins on Thursday. But the consensus at the state Capitol is that most of the proposed changes won’t survive the Senate.
The House Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on insurance and banking voted in favor of House Bill 1551 with few “no” votes. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Hillary Cassel, a policyholder attorney, would change the calculus on attorney fees in insurance claims litigation. It would essentially alter key parts of the landmark 2022 legislation that ended one-way fees, a fee arrangement that insurers had bla