Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2114
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Miller) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 45, lines 7 through 9, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  subsection (12). No multiplier of attorneys fees
18  in personal injury protection benefits litigation is
19  appropriate unless counsel undertook representation of the
20  case on a contingency "no attorney fee unless there is a
21  recovery" basis and the attorney could not mitigate
22  non-payment of attorneys fees, and it is an exceptional case
23  in which the plaintiff could not have obtained competent
24  counsel for the case but for the opportunity for a fee
25  multiplier.
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