No. HB 6527
Filed under Local Government.
Relief/Patricia Ermini/Lee County Sheriff's Office; Provides appropriation to compensate Patricia Ermini for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Lee County Sheriff's Office; provides limitation on payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $626,769
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund must appropriate $626,769.93 from unencumbered funds and pay it to Patricia Ermini as compensation for injuries and damages, acting on behalf of its insured, the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
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 from the same incident, so Ermini cannot bring 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.
AIThe Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund, rather than Lee County directly, must appropriate $626,769.93 from funds not otherwise encumbered and draw a warrant paying Patricia Ermini for her injuries and damages.
AIBars Patricia Ermini from bringing any further claim over the same injuries once this payment is made, whether that claim would arise now or later.
AIStates that the Self-Insurance Fund's payment is made on behalf of its insured, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, under the same sovereign-immunity statute that would govern a direct county payment.
AILimits the attorney fees that may be paid in connection with this claim to no more than 25 percent of the $626,769.93 awarded, leaving the remainder for Ermini.
AILegislatively establishes the injury narrative recited in the act's preamble as fact, removing it from further dispute before the payment is ordered.