FL S0028

Authorizes the South Broward Hospital District to pay $6.1 million to Darline Angervil and her minor child J.R. — $3.1 million directly to Angervil and $3 million into an irrevocable trust for J.R. — as the remaining balance of a $6.4 million consent judgment after $300,000 was already paid under the statutory sovereign immunity cap in s. 768.28, Florida Statutes

Stems from the negligence of a nurse employed by Memorial Hospital West on January 16–17, 2014, who failed to maintain continuous fetal monitoring despite the mother's worsening preeclampsia, consecutive abnormal blood pressure readings, and persistent headache complaints, and delayed notifying the physician of a hypertensive crisis

J.R. was delivered via emergency cesarean section at 3:17 a.m. on January 17, 2014, at 30.3 weeks gestation, weighing 2 pounds 5.2 ounces, and was born essentially lifeless with an Apgar score of 0-1-3, suffering severe birth-related hypoxic injury

J.R. sustained catastrophic permanent injuries including mixed quadriparetic cerebral palsy, global profound developmental delay, seizure disorder, dystonia, and impairments of mobility and communication, requiring 24-hour nursing care

Attorney fees are capped at 25 percent of the total amount awarded under the act, and the combined statutory payment and claim bill award constitute the sole compensation for all present and future claims arising from this incident