Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SJR 1918
                        Barcode 272794
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11  The Committee on Judiciary (Clary) recommended the following
12  amendment to amendment (773348):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 9, line 29, through
16            page 10, line 12, delete those lines
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19         SECTION 26.  Claimant's right to fair compensation.--
20         (a)  Article I, Section 26 is created to read
21  "Claimant's right to fair compensation." In any medical
22  liability claim involving a contingency fee, the claimant is
23  entitled to receive no less than 70% of the first $250,000.00
24  in all damages received by the claimant, exclusive of
25  reasonable and customary costs, whether received by judgment,
26  settlement, or otherwise, and regardless of the number of
27  defendants. The claimant is entitled to 90% of all damages in
28  excess of $250,000.00, exclusive of reasonable and customary
29  costs and regardless of the number of defendants. This
30  provision is self-executing and does not require implementing
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    Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SJR 1918
                        Barcode 272794
 1         (b)  This Amendment shall take effect on the day
 2  following approval by the voters.
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 6  And the title is amended as follows:
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10         to repeal Section 26 of Article I, which
11         specifies the amount of damage that a claimant
12         may receive in a medical liability claim
13         involving a contingency fee;
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