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[Florida] The Medical Liability Claimant's Compensation Amendment
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> United States > Florida > Constitutional Amendments > 2004 Initiatives and Referenda > Medical Liability Claimant Compensation
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Office | Referendum |
Honorific | Referendum - Abbr: |
Type | Referendum |
Filing Deadline | July 19, 2004 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | November 02, 2004 - 07:00am Central |
Polls Close | November 02, 2004 - 06:00pm Central |
Term Start | November 03, 2004 - 12:00am |
Term End | 00, 3000 - 12:00pm |
Turnout |
69.82% Registered
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Contributor | CBlock941 |
Last Modified | CBlock941 January 07, 2005 08:55am |
Data Sources | [Link] |
Description |
Proposes to amend the State Constitution to provide that an injured claimant who enters into a contingency fee agreement with an attorney in a claim for medical liability is entitled to no less than 70% of the first $250,000.00 in all damages received by the claimant, and 90% of damages in excess of $250,000.00, exclusive of reasonable and customary costs and regardless of the number of defendants. This amendment is intended to be self-executing.
(Amendment 3)
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Uncertified Votes | 4,573,789 (63.59%) |
2,618,339 (36.41%) |
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Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
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Predict Avg. | 48.00% |
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Mason-Dixon 10/04/04-10/05/04 |
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