Florida business leaders tell House: Don’t take us backward on lawsuits
We’ve seen this movie before, and we don’t want a sequel.
Some of Florida’s most influential business leaders are delivering a clear message to the House: Do not drag Florida back to the bad-old-days when lawsuits became a lucrative industry for attorneys, insurance premiums soared, and trial lawyers had unchecked power.
This week, a coalition of prominent business voices in Florida united in opposition to HB 947 and an amendment to SB 832, which seeks to roll back tort reforms as an addition to the Senate’s phosphate bill.