It is estimated that 40% of motorists on Florida roads are either uninsured or underinsured (no BI coverage,) resulting in responsible motorists paying record-high premiums for UM and UIM coverage. It is estimated that 40% of motorists on Florida roads are either uninsured or underinsured (no BI coverage,) resulting in responsible motorists paying record-high premiums for UM and UIM coverage. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The Florida legislature will soon be back in session with Governor Ron DeSantis aiming for the trial lawyers. At a recent stop in Jacksonville, he described the Sunshine State as a “cottage industry of litigation”.

He went on to say that, “If somebody is harmed, you should be able to get compensated. But I think what our system has done is, you’ll have a situation, someone’s really not liable, but you know if you bring a suit, it’s going to be more expensive to defend the suit. So you (the defendant) have an incentive, as kind of a cost of business, to just do a settlement because that will be cheaper than hiring lawyers to prove your innocence. The problem with that is that those costs get added on to everything that we do.”

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