FL S0064

Authorizes Miami-Dade County to pay $470,000 each to Monica Cantillo Acosta and Luis Alberto Cantillo Acosta ($940,000 total) for the wrongful death of their mother, Nhora Acosta

Nhora Acosta died on November 13, 2004, after suffering a severe head injury when a Miami-Dade County bus driver braked suddenly, causing her to fall and strike her head

A Miami-Dade County jury found the bus driver 100 percent negligent in November 2007 and awarded $3 million to each child, though the parties later settled for $1.14 million total

Miami-Dade County previously paid $200,000 under the statutory liability limits in s. 768.28, Florida Statutes

Limits attorney fees, lobbying fees, costs, and similar expenses to no more than 25 percent of the amount awarded under the act