A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Fort Lauderdale charges that Citizens has failed to pay some attorneys’ fees in thousands of claims in which pre-suit notices were filed in the eight months since the law took effect.
“While all insurers in the state, as well as every lawyer representing insureds, have interpreted that statute to entitle attorneys representing insureds to be paid reasonable attorneys’ fees for engaging in the pre-suit process … Citizens has taken it to mean the opposite,” reads the complaint.
“Plaintiffs believe that there are thousands of people affected, since Citizens is the largest insurer in the State of Florida,” reads the complaint, filed by the Hernandez, Levy & Citron law firm in Hollywood, Florida.
