A class-action lawsuit initiated in Fort Lauderdale alleges that Citizens has not compensated some attorney fees in numerous claims where pre-suit notifications were issued during the eight months following the enactment of a new law.
The complaint states, “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.”
According to the lawsuit, filed by the Hernandez, Levy & Citron Law Firm in Hollywood, Florida, “Plaintiffs believe that there are thousands of people affected, since Citizens is the largest insurer in the State of Florida.”
