Three hard hats, one orange, one white, and one blue, sit side-by-side at a construction site. The new law took a series of steps to try to address those issues, but the constitutional challenge focuses on part of the measure that deals with what is known as "assignment of benefits." (Credit: maienter9/Adobe Stock)

 

 

The Restoration Association of Florida and Air Quality Assessors, LLC, an Orlando firm that does work like mold testing and leak detection, filed a lawsuit in Leon County circuit court less than a week after Florida lawmakers made property-casualty insurance changes. The contractors group filed the constitutional challenge to fight a new restriction on attorney fees in lawsuits against insurance companies.

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