This continues the article begun here on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
That is not the end of the story, however. The new statute provides for the eventuality that the claimant has also served a notice of intent to initiate litigation, but the appraisal or alternative dispute resolution has not taken place within the times set out in the statute:
If the appraisal or alternative dispute resolution has not been concluded within 90 days after the expiration of the 10-day notice of intent to initiate litigation specified in subsection (3), the claimant or claimant's attorney may immediately file suit without providing the insurer additional notice.[1]
[1] Fla. Stat. § 627.70152(4)(b).
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Common Law and Statutory Requirements for Civil Remedy Notices to Insurers are discussed in 2 DENNIS J. WALL, LITIGATION AND PREVENTION INSURER BAD FAITH § 9:21 (Third Edition, 2022 Supplements in process).
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