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FL H0177

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Status

Failed

4/30/2010

Primary Sponsor

Peter Nehr

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Origin

House of Representatives

2010 Regular Session

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

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