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FL H6521
CL
Status
Passed
7/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Meg Weinberger
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AI Summary
- City of Gainesville is authorized and directed to pay $10.8 million to Jacob Rodgers for catastrophic injuries sustained on October 7, 2015, when a Gainesville Regional Utilities employee ran a stop sign and struck the vehicle in which Rodgers, then 20 years old, was a passenger
- Rodgers suffered spinal fractures resulting in paraplegia, requiring ongoing supervised medical care, home health care, and other future services
- An Alachua County jury found the City of Gainesville 100 percent at fault and assessed $120 million in damages; the trial court reduced the judgment to $18,319,181.20, and the parties ultimately reached a mediated settlement of $11 million
- The City of Gainesville previously paid the $200,000 statutory sovereign immunity cap under s. 768.28, Florida Statutes; the $10.8 million appropriated under this act plus that payment constitute the sole compensation for all present and future claims
- Attorney fees related to this claim are capped at 25 percent of the total amount awarded under the act
Legislative Description
Relief/Jacob Rodgers/City of Gainesville
Last Action
Chapter No. 2025-253
7/8/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary3/27/2025
Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee2/19/2025
Full Bill Text
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