Boca Raton Personal Injury Lawyers Blog | Ellis, Ged & Bodden P.A.

Three times lawmakers met in legislative sessions this year, only to fail their constituents each time by not extending the state's no-fault insurance law, which is scheduled to expire Oct. 1.

Gov. Charlie Crist is right to call them back a fourth time to keep it alive.

Imperfect, no-fault nevertheless has largely delivered for Florida motorists since it was created almost 40 years ago. It requires them to carry $10,000 in auto coverage to pay the cost of injuries suffered in accidents, no matter who's to blame. That in turn has limited lawsuits, which earlier had clogged courts as motorists queued to sue each other to recover their expenses.

Our position: Lawmakers need to extend no-fault after blowing three earlier opportunities.

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