No. SB 26
Filed under Transportation.
Relief of the Estate of Mark LaGatta by the Department of Transportation; Providing for the relief of the Estate of Mark LaGatta; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for injuries and damages sustained by Mr. LaGatta as a result of the negligence of the Department of Transportation; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $2,200,000
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDAppropriates $2.2 million from the state's General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation, paying Mark LaGatta's estate the remainder of a judgment left unpaid after the statutory cap on his earlier award.
The Chief Financial Officer must draw a warrant paying the full $2.2 million to the estate from the Department of Transportation's funds held in the State Treasury.
This payment, combined with what the Department of Transportation already paid under the state's standard liability cap, closes out every present and future claim from LaGatta's injuries, and caps attorney fees at 25 percent of the award.
AIThe Legislature appropriates $2.2 million from the state's General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation to compensate the estate for injuries and damages Mark LaGatta sustained.
AIThe $2.2 million awarded here, combined with what the Department of Transportation already paid directly under the state's standard liability cap, is declared the complete and final compensation for every present and future claim connected to Mark LaGatta's injuries and damages.
AIThe Chief Financial Officer must draw a warrant paying the full $2.2 million to the estate from the Department of Transportation's funds held in the State Treasury.
AINo attorney working on this claim may collect more than 25 percent of the $2.2 million awarded, capping legal fees regardless of any private fee agreement the estate's representative may have made.