Navigating the Shift: Florida’s Comparative Negligence Jury Instructions After HB 837

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In March 2023, House Bill 837 was signed into law, passing sweeping tort reform aimed at bringing balance to Florida’s tort litigation. The bill was intended to fix what many in Florida saw as a broken system by reducing the statute of limitations for general negligence cases, encouraging transparency in damage awards to eliminate “phantom” medical expenses, and enacting a new modified comparative negligence provision under which any party found to be greater than 50% at fault for his or her…
By: Rumberger | Kirk
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