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.
Fla. Stat. § 627.731
Purpose
Known as the Alonzo Mourning Access to Care Act
The act spans §§ 627.011 to 627.9913 (628 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Central Magnetic Imaging Open MRI of Plantation, Ltd. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance (2011)
Most recently applied in Gov't Emps. Ins. Co. v. Quality Diagnostic Health Care, Inc. (February 2019)
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.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.