{"id":360,"date":"2023-04-14T17:58:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/?p=360"},"modified":"2023-04-07T18:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T22:00:03","slug":"new-law-in-florida-affects-the-rights-of-accident-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/new-law-in-florida-affects-the-rights-of-accident-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"New Law in Florida Affects the Rights of Accident Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Unless you work in the legal field, you may not be aware of a measure recently passed by the Florida legislature and signed into law by the governor. However, if you are the victim of any type of accident in the state, the new statute could have profound impacts on your rights.<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2023\/837\/?Tab=BillText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Florida lawmakers enacted a tort reform measure<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in March 2023, which contains multiple provisions that change civil remedies and damages in personal injury cases. The biggest supporters of the law celebrated when it went into effect, namely the insurance companies that will always try to find ways to pay victims as little as possible.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you were hurt in an accident, there are three key provisions in the new law that affect your claim. You can count on your<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/practice-areas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Miami personal injury attorney<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to tackle the challenges, as well as the other complexities that arise in any case. Still, to give you a better understanding of this tort reform, some basics are useful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Three Important Takeaways from Florida Tort Reform<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/new-law-in-florida-affects-the-rights-of-accident-victims\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading New Law in Florida Affects the Rights of Accident Victims\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you work in the legal field, you may not be aware of a measure recently passed by the Florida legislature and signed into law by the governor. However, if you are the victim of any type of accident in the state, the new statute could have profound impacts on your rights.\u00a0Florida lawmakers enacted a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[34,114],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-injury","tag-personal-injury","tag-tort-reform"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Law in Florida Affects the Rights of Accident Victims &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; April 14, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unless you work in the legal field, you may not be aware of a measure recently passed by the Florida legislature and signed into law by the governor. &#8212; 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