Legal Opinion
Atwater v. Kortum
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 5, 2012No. SC11-133PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCanady, J.
This case concerns a statutory regulation affecting public insurance adjusters, who are authorized to assist insureds and thirty-party claimants in the filing and settlement of insurance claims. We have on appeal Kortum v. Sink, 54 So.3d 1012 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), in which the First District Court of Appeal declared invalid section 626.854(6), Florida Statutes (2008), a provision regulating solicitation by public adjusters. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the First District’s decision that the statute unconstitutionally restricts the commercial speech of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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