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FL S0032
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AI Summary
- Appropriates $17.715 million from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to compensate Christeia Jones and her three minor sons—Logan Grant, Denard Maybin Jr., and Lanard Maybin—for injuries from a May 18, 2014, automobile accident on I-75 caused by Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Raul Umana
- Trooper Umana misjudged a median crossing, struck Jones's vehicle, which was then rear-ended by a tractor trailer, propelled off the road, hit a tree, and caught fire; all three children were airlifted to UF Health Shands Hospital with severe traumatic brain injuries
- Two of the children, Logan Grant and Denard Maybin Jr., suffered permanent cognitive, motor, and behavioral impairments that are expected to prevent gainful employment and independent living, with combined estimated future medical costs exceeding $12.4 million
- The parties reached an $18 million settlement agreement on November 30, 2018; $285,000 was already paid under the statutory liability cap in s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, and this bill covers the remaining $17.715 million balance minus outstanding Medicaid liens totaling over $254,000
- Attorney fees related to the claim are capped at 25% of the total amount awarded under the act, with an effective date of July 1, 2021
Legislative Description
Relief of Christeia Jones by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Died in Special Master on Claim Bills
4/30/2021
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/24/2021
Special Master On Claim Bills12/9/2020
Full Bill Text
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