No. SB 2
Filed under Transportation.
Relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Providing for the relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for Ms. Maudsley’s death as a result of the alleged negligence of Trooper Daniel Cole and the Florida Highway Patrol, a division of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,750,000
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDAppropriates $1.75 million from the state's General Revenue Fund to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, paying out the remaining balance of a settlement reached over Danielle Maudsley's death.
The Chief Financial Officer must pay the estate by warrant, first subtracting whatever is owed to satisfy Medicaid liens tied to Danielle Maudsley's medical care and treatment.
This payment, together with whatever the state already paid under its standard liability cap, closes out every present and future claim arising from her death, and caps attorney fees at 25 percent of the award.
AIThe Legislature appropriates $1.75 million from the state's General Revenue Fund to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to compensate the estate for Danielle Maudsley's injuries and death.
AIThe $1.75 million awarded here, combined with whatever the Division of Risk Management already paid under the state's standard liability cap, is declared the complete and final compensation for every present and future claim connected to Danielle Maudsley's death.
AIThe Chief Financial Officer must pay the $1.75 million to the estate by warrant, but first subtracts whatever is owed to satisfy Medicaid liens tied to Danielle Maudsley's medical care, so the estate can receive less than the full appropriated sum.
AINo attorney working on this claim may collect more than 25 percent of the $1.75 million awarded, capping legal fees regardless of any private fee agreement the estate's representative may have made.