No. CS/SB 18
Filed under Local Government.
Relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; Providing for the relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for injuries sustained by M.N. and her subsequent death as a result of the negligence of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $2,588,259
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Broward County Sheriff's Office must appropriate $2,588,258.50 from unencumbered funds and pay it to the Estate of M.N. as compensation for injuries and damages, an amount that remains owed after the office's earlier $110,000 payment under the standard sovereign-immunity cap.
The act first declares the facts recited in its preamble to be true, legislatively closing off dispute over the underlying events before ordering payment.
The payment is defined as the sole compensation for all present and future claims arising from the same incident, so the estate cannot pursue a further claim over these injuries later.
Attorney fees connected to the claim are capped at 25 percent of the total amount awarded, though the cap does not mention lobbying fees.
AIRequires the Broward County Sheriff's Office to appropriate $2,588,258.50 from funds not otherwise encumbered and draw a warrant paying the Estate of M.N. as compensation for injuries and damages sustained.
AIBars the Estate of M.N. from bringing any further claim against the Broward County Sheriff's Office over the same injuries, whether that claim would arise now or later.
AILimits the attorney fees that may be paid in connection with this claim to no more than 25 percent of the $2,588,258.50 awarded, leaving the remainder for the estate.
AILegislatively establishes the account recited in the act's preamble as fact, removing it from further dispute before the payment is ordered.