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FL S0004
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AI Summary
- Appropriates $1.75 million from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for the relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley, representing the remaining balance of a $1.95 million settlement agreement
- On September 19, 2011, 20-year-old Danielle Maudsley was arrested for nonviolent traffic offenses and, while still handcuffed, attempted to flee the Florida Highway Patrol substation in Pinellas Park; Trooper Daniel Cole fired an electronic control device into her back, causing her to collapse onto pavement
- Maudsley suffered extensive traumatic brain injury, remained in a permanent vegetative state, and died on September 15, 2013
- The Division of Risk Management previously paid $200,000 to the estate under the statutory limits of liability in s. 768.28, Florida Statutes; the $1.75 million appropriation covers the remaining settlement balance minus any outstanding Medicaid liens
- Attorney fees related to the claim are capped at 25 percent of the amount awarded under the act, and the combined payments constitute the sole compensation for all present and future claims arising from the incident
Legislative Description
Relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Died in Special Master on Claim Bills
3/8/2024
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