The difference in the amount of fee awards and the application of a contingent risk multiplier between state and federal court judges was dramatic, even though the law governing the loadstar amount is identical, with federal court judges awarding fees in the $300 to $400 range and state court judges often twice that amount to the same attorneys for handling substantially the same type of case. (Credit: Serena Caleidoscopioartproject) The difference in the amount of fee awards and the application of a contingent risk multiplier between state and federal court judges was dramatic, even though the law governing the loadstar amount is identical, with federal court judges awarding fees in the $300 to $400 range and state court judges often twice that amount to the same attorneys for handling substantially the same type of case. (Credit: Serena Caleidoscopioartproject)

In Florida's SB 2-A and SB 4-A signed in December 2022, the legislature recently eliminated Florida's one-way fee-shifting statute for first-party claims brought against residential and commercial surplus lines and admitted property insurers.

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