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Fla. Stat. § 627.731 (2025)
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627.731 Purpose.—The purpose of ss. 627.730-627.7405 is to provide for medical, surgical, funeral, and disability insurance benefits without regard to fault, and to require motor vehicle insurance securing such benefits, for motor vehicles required to be registered in this state and, with respect to motor vehicle accidents, a limitation on the right to claim damages for pain, suffering, mental anguish, and inconvenience.
History.—s. 2, ch. 71-252; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 550, 563, ch. 82-243; s. 19, ch. 2003-411; s. 9, ch. 2007-324.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 44
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1974–2024 · leading case: Nichols v. State Farm Mut., 851 So. 2d 742 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003).
Nichols v. State Farm Mut., 851 So. 2d 742 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003). “" § 627.731, Fla. Stat. (2001). In order to accomplish this objective, section 627.”
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Nichols, 932 So. 2d 1067 (Fla. 2006). “" § 627.731, Fla. Stat. (2001). In order to accomplish this objective, section 627.”
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Kaklamanos, 843 So. 2d 885 (Fla. 2003). “See § 627.731, Fla. Stat. (2001); United Auto.”
Menendez v. Progressive Express Ins. Co., 35 So. 3d 873 (Fla. 2010). “” § 627.731, Fla. Stat. (2006); accord, United Auto.”
Geico Gen. Ins. Co. v. Virtual Imaging Servs., Inc., 141 So. 3d 147 (Fla. 2013). “The No-Fault Law’s stated purpose is “to provide for medical, surgical, funeral, and disability insurance benefits without regard to fault, and to require motor vehicle insurance securing such benefits.”
Reid v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 352 So. 2d 1172 (Fla. 1977). “Section 627.731, Florida Statutes (1975).”
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Holy Cross Hosp., Inc., 961 So. 2d 328 (Fla. 2007). “" § 627.731, Fla. Stat. (2006); accord United Auto.”
Cent. Magnetic Imaging Open MRI of Plantation, Ltd. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 789 F. Supp. 2d 1311 (S.D. Fla. 2011). “2007) (quoting Fla. Stat. § 627.731 (2006)). The Florida No-Fault Law allows the “security” to be established through PIP insurance.”
Flores v. Allstate Ins. Co., 819 So. 2d 740 (Fla. 2002). “, §§ 627.731, 627.736, Fla. Stat (1997). PIP benefits are an integral part of the no-fault statutory scheme.”
Malu v. Sec. Nat. Ins. Co., 898 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 2005). “§ 627.731, Fla. Stat. (2003). The statute is not reasonably interpreted to limit reimbursable expenses to "prosthetic devices and medically necessary ambulance, hospital and nursing services," as respondents suggest by invoking the statutory interpretation rule of expressio…”
Lasky v. State Farm Ins. Co., 296 So. 2d 9 (Fla. 1974). “F.S. § 627.731, F.S.A., which purports to state the purpose of the no-fault insurance law, is of little help in this regard, since it merely states the effect of the law without elucidating its underlying purposes.”
Progressive Am. Ins. Co. v. Stand-Up MRI of Orlando, 990 So. 2d 3 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). “The No-Fault Law is a comprehensive statutory scheme, the purpose of which is to "provide for medical, surgical, funeral, and disability insurance benefits without regard to fault, and to require motor vehicle insurance securing such benefits.”
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