A study found that Floridians filed more than half of all personal injury cases in the United States last year.

Some 62.1% – or 28,342 – were filed statewide compared to the national average of 11.65%, according to data from personal injury law firm Anidjar & Levine.

“It just shows you how wide open and gaping the laws were,” said Tom Gaitens, Florida executive director of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. “Basically, our system was the wild west of legal reform. There was no legal reform for decades.”

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