Dan Newlin says Florida Tort Reform Compromise on the Horizon.

Tort reform legislation pending in the Florida House and Senate was being rapidly pushed by the Insurance Lobby and Big Business The original bill filed (HB 837) on February 15, 2023, was quickly and quietly introduced with the hope it could reach the Governor's desk without scrutiny The bill as originally drafted "could directly harm minorities, senior citizens, veterans, and the majority of hard-working Floridians. Thankfully, today the Florida sun is shining down on this bill and amendments have been made," stated Attorney Dan Newlin of Dan Newlin Injury Attorneys.

Thanks to some Republican and Democrat lawmakers and several consumer lawyers, the original bill and the harm it could cause was publicly acknowledged, which has led to closer scrutiny and pursuit of some compromises for everyday Floridians

Attorney Dan Newlin was thankful that legislators took time to listen and meet with him and other concerned citizens Newlin stated, "having the opportunity to meet and speak with so many legislators was an amazing experience Seeing that they cared to listen to all sides, and that we had a voice for many powerless accident victims was a great honor "

Additionally, under current Florida law there are provisions that require an insurance company to act fairly to an injured person and pay benefits when they reasonably know they should be paid. When an insurance carrier fails to act fairly and timely pay benefits the carrier can be sued for violating this law. This area of the law is known as insurance "bad faith" and under the original bill, insurance bad faith might have been completely removed.

Attorney Dan Newlin believed that removing all current bad faith provisions under Florida law could allow insurance companies to offer much less than a claimant is entitled because the insurance company would have no repercussions for acting poorly and paying much less than an injury victim legally deserved and was entitled to.

The Insurance Lobby broadly proclaims that bad faith lawsuits are out of control and that the current law is misused, which is causing rates to skyrocket and carriers to leave Florida Newlin says this is largely propaganda, at least as it concerns the personal auto insurance market in Florida, which is very competitive and healthy with carriers making record profits Accident claims and cases brought for personal injury and wrongful death by his law firm and many others rarely result in bad faith lawsuits. In fact, in 21 years of practicing law, Attorney Newlin and his firm, who have represented hundreds of thousands injured accident victims, have only filed one bad faith lawsuit.

Newlin believes there needs to be balanced bad faith provisions that operate to make the insurance companies play fairly, especially for Florida seniors, minorities, veterans. Floridians are required to pay for auto insurance so they also deserve to have some form of legal protection. We will find compromise. There will be no winners in Tallahassee. It's about going home knowing we did the best for Floridians, that is my hope."

Americano Media, the nation's first ever Spanish language network rooted in American values, announced today that former Texas Republican Congresswoman Mayra Flores has joined the network as its Senior Political Contributor. She will provide commentary daily on Americano's news and opinion programs.

"Rep. Flores surprised the country when she won handily in a traditionally Democrat district, and then brought to Washington her unique and smart perspective on how to save our declining nation," Americano founder and chief executive Ivan Garcia-Hidalgo said "She is now a leading voice of Hispanic Americans who are fed up with business as usual and we are delighted to give her a nationwide platform to continue her leadership "

"I am proud to join Americano Media, a truly important new development in the Spanish language media arena," Rep. Flores said. "Hispanics are family-oriented, hardworking and conservative by nature, and I am excited to amplify their views in a more fulsome discussion where both sides are heard on issues important to our community."

Americano Media airs 18 hours of original news and opinion programming every weekday. The company syndicates its content with Audacy's Radio Libre 790AM in Miami, and is positioned to announce in 2023 dozens of new radio station partners in vital markets across the country New TV and digital news and talk content will also be rolled out in the first quarter of 2023

Flores represented Texas's 34th district in the U S House of Representatives after a stunning upset win in a June 2022 special election A Republican, she was the first Mexican-born female member of the House The district was then reconfigured to make it strongly favor a Democrat candidate, which resulted in her defeat in the recent midterm elections

Flores campaigned on her story as the wife of a U S Border Patrol agent and as a Mexican immigrant whose parents brought her to the United States as a young child. She has said the Rio Grande Valley, her home, is "under attack" at the border and speaks out against business-as-usual in the nation's capital.

"Mayra's story is America's story, and in many ways she's also Americano's story, so you can imagine how exciting this is for our company," Garcia-Hidalgo said.

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