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FL H0177
CL
Status
Failed
4/30/2010
Primary Sponsor
Peter Nehr
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AI Summary
- Authorizes Palm Beach County School Board to pay $180,000 to Ashraf Kamel as personal representative of his deceased minor son Jean A. Pierre Kamel's estate
- Authorizes Palm Beach County School Board to pay $180,000 to Marguerite Dimitri (Jean's mother) for injuries and damages resulting from the school board's negligence
- Compensates parents for wrongful death of Jean A. Pierre Kamel, age 13, who was shot on January 27, 1997, in front of Conniston Middle School; a jury found the school board 80 percent liable
- Total appropriation of $360,000 represents remaining balance of $560,000 settlement agreement after school board's prior $200,000 payment under statutory liability limits
- Limits attorney's fees, lobbying fees, costs, and similar expenses to 25 percent of the total amounts awarded under the act
Legislative Description
Relief/Kamel & Dimitri/Palm Beach Co. School Board
Last Action
Died in Committee on Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP)
4/30/2010
Committee Referrals
Civil Justice & Courts Policy11/1/2009
Full Bill Text
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