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FL H0687
CL
Status
Introduced
2/9/2011
Primary Sponsor
Elizabeth Porter
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AI Summary
- Appropriates $697,500 from the Department of Transportation's unappropriated trust fund balances to compensate the Estate of Dr. Sherrill Lynn Aversa for her death resulting from departmental negligence
- Death occurred on June 21, 1999, when an unsecured 12-foot extension ladder fell from a DOT truck on Interstate 75, causing a multi-vehicle collision that killed Dr. Aversa
- DOT previously paid $100,000 under statutory liability limits; this bill provides the remaining $697,500 owed under a $797,500 settlement agreement to which the department admitted liability
- Limits attorney's fees, lobbying fees, costs, and related expenses to a maximum of 25 percent of the awarded amount
- Establishes the payment as sole compensation for all present and future claims arising from the incident
Legislative Description
Relief/Estate of Dr. Sherrill Lynn Aversa/DOT
Last Action
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
5/7/2011
Committee Referrals
Civil Justice Subcommittee2/22/2011
Full Bill Text
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