"The people who need help the most that are going to be the most hurt," said Miami litigator Oliver Birman, describing the consequences of a tort reform measure enacted in March.
Over six months after Ian ravaged Florida's Gulf Coast, lawyers are seeing the last round of hurricane claims under the old Florida property insurance laws.
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