TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Legislature’s sweeping efforts to protect insurance companies and businesses from lawsuits have drawn a variety of opponents: motorcycle riders, accident victims, doctors and even former President Donald J. Trump.
In the last few weeks, two parents whose daughters were murdered during 2018′s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting have spoken against it, too.
HB 837, which passed the House of Representatives on Friday, and SB 236 would overhaul the state’s legal landscape, including making it harder to sue insurance companies and limiting the amount of time someone could file a negligence lawsuit from four years to two.
