The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . claimant who rejects a defendant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of section 766.209 . . .
. . . (describing section 766.209(4), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1988)). . . .
. . . the arbitration statutes, which include the non-economic damage caps found in sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . Sections 766.207 and 766.209 only limit a claimant’s right to recover non-economic damages after a defendant . . . In Echarte, this Court rejected several challenges to sections 766.207 and 766.209, Florida Statutes . . . considered only whether the voluntary arbitration and noneconomic damages provisions of sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . A defendant who rejects a claimant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s.766.209 . . . A claimant who rejects a defendant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s.766.209 . . . collateral source payments. (5) Jury trial shall proceed in accordance with existing principles of law. § 766.209 . . . See § 766.209, Fla. Stat. (2008) (providing that the caps under § 766.118, Fla. . . .
. . . Section 766.209(4) is Constitutional. . . . The Personal Representative, with support from an amicus, extensively argues that section 766.209(4) . . . APPENDIX A 766.209. . . . See § 766.209(4)(a). . . . . We are unconvinced that it expressly overrides anything in section 766.209. . . . .
. . . At the time of the incident, this medical malpractice action was governed by section 766.209(2), Florida . . . damages” if the defendant refuses a claimant’s offer of voluntary binding arbitration under section 766.209 . . . the claimant rejects the defendant’s offer to enter voluntary binding arbitration pursuant to section 766.209 . . . In this case, neither party offered to arbitrate, so section 766.209(2) would have applied. . . . Section 766.209, Florida Statutes (2002), provided as follows: (1) A proceeding for voluntary binding . . .
. . . The hospital also argues that the trial court erred in awarding attorney’s fees under section 766.209 . . .
. . . Echarte, 618 So.2d 189 (Fla.1993)(holding constitutional sections 766.207 and 766.209 of the Florida . . .
. . . See § 766.209, Fla. Stat. (2003). . . .
. . . (2) and 766.209(3)(a). . . . Four relevant scenarios are provided for in section 766.209, Florida Statutes: 1. . . . See § 766.209(2) Fla. Stat. 2. . . . See § 766.209(3)(a) Fla. Stat. 3. . . . See § 766.209(4)(a) Fla. . . .
. . . Prejudgment interest is awarded under section 766.209, Florida Statutes, “[i]f the defendant refuses . . . As such, we distinguish prejudgment interest under section 766.209 from that traditionally imposed on . . . The policy makes no specific reference to prejudgment interest under section 766.209. . . .
. . . See § 766.209(2), Fla. Stat. (2000). . . .
. . . See Section 766.209(2). . . . See Section 766.209(4)(a). In any event there is no limit on economic damages. . . .
. . . A defendant who rejects a claimant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s. 766.209 . . . A claimant who rejects a defendants offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s. 766.209 . . . claimant who rejects a defendant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of section 766.209 . . . This economic damages provision is replicated under section 766.209, which applies when a claimant rejects . . . In Echarte, the issue presented was whether sections 766.207 and 766.209 violate a claimant’s right of . . .
. . . the arbitration statutes, which include the non-economic damage caps found in sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . Sections 766.207 and 766.209 only limit a claimant’s right to recover non-economic damages after a defendant . . . A defendant who rejects a claimant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s. 766.209 . . . A claimant who rejects a defendant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s. 766.209 . . .
. . . A defendant who rejects a claimant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s. 766.209 . . . A claimant who rejects a defendant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s. 766.209 . . . Section 766.209 contains sanctions for the party who rejects an offer of voluntary binding arbitration . . . Section 766.209(4)(a). . . . University of Miami, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . .
. . . claims are subject to the $350,000 “per incident” cap on non-economic damages contained in section 766.209 . . . Stat. § 766.209(4)(a). . . . A claimant who rejects a defendant’s offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s. 766.209 . . . Similarly, section 766.209(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1993), provides that, “If the claimant rejects a . . .
. . . an affirmative defense, that they were entitled to the damages cap set forth in sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . without any loss to Cohen of any benefit intended by the Legislature, pursuant to sections 766.206 and 766.209 . . .
. . . to comply with a reasonable order issued by a hearing officer, which is not under judicial review. 766.209 . . .
. . . Id. at § 766.209. . Both the Reid and Power courts were interpreting 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd(d)(3)(A). . . .
. . . which the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ruling that sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . The issue here is whether sections 766.-207 and 766.209, which provide a monetary cap on noneconomic . . . filed an action for a declaratory judgment questioning the constitutionality of sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . Section 766.209(3) provides that if the defendant refuses arbitration, the claimant proceeds to trial . . . Accordingly, we hold that sections 766.-207 and 766.209 are constitutional. . . . I agree with the courts below that sections 766.207 and 766.209, Florida Statutes (Supp.1988), fail the . . . damages, § 766.207(2), whether the claimant accepts arbitration, § 766.207(7)(b), or goes to trial. § 766.209 . . .
. . . which the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the trial court’s ruling that sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . Echarte, 618 So.2d 189 (Fla.1993), we held that sections 766.207 and 766.209 do not violate the right . . .
. . . Santelli actually requested voluntary binding arbitration pursuant to sections 766.207 and 766.209, Florida . . . currently on appeal in the Florida Supreme Court, the district courts held that sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . The courts did not find sections 766.207 and 766.209 facially invalid. . . . voluntarily subjected themselves to certain limitations, even though nothing in sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . .
. . . Echarte, 585 So.2d 293 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991), in which the Third District held Sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . .
. . . reasoning set out in Judge Baskin’s opinion in Echarte, and we expressly hold that sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . .
. . . The University of Miami [University] appeals a final summary judgment declaring sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . . We affirm, and in so doing, hold that sections 766.207 and 766.209 fail the test enunciated in Kluger . . . We need not consider all the asserted arguments because we hold that sections 766.207 and 766.209 offend . . . In conclusion, we affirm the final summary judgment and hold that sections 766.-207 and 766.209 violate . . . A defendant who rejects a claimant's offer to arbitrate shall be subject to the provisions of s. 766.209 . . .
. . . SUMMARY FINAL JUDGMENT DECLARING §§ 766.207 AND 766.209, FLA. . . . for declaratory judgment in which the plaintiffs seek a judgment declaring (1) that §§ 766.207 and 766.209 . . . required to litigate the issue of the defendant’s liability, and their damages will be limited by § 766.209 . . . For all of the foregoing reasons, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) Sections 766.207 and 766.209 . . .