A contentious sinkhole repair bill finally passed muster with a Senate panel, which cleared it on Tuesday.
Trial-lawyer interests and others continued to point out the bills flaws. Among those, they say, it requires specific performance as a remedy for faulty repairs.
That means that the original contractor has to go back and fix his own bad work, instead of allowing the homeowner to get money damages and find someone else. You don't get to hire your own contractor, said Reggie Garcia of the Florida Justice Association. If you're the homeowner, you're stuck.
