No. SB 8
Filed under Local Government.
Relief of Patricia Ermini by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; Providing for the relief of Patricia Ermini by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate her for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $626,770
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Lee County Sheriff's Office must appropriate $626,769.93 from unencumbered funds and pay it to Patricia Ermini as compensation for injuries and damages, matching a $550,000 judgment plus $76,769.93 in interest and costs already awarded to her.
The act first declares the facts stated in its own preamble to be true, legislatively closing off any dispute about what happened to Ermini before the payment is ordered.
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.
AIRequires the Lee County Sheriff's Office to appropriate $626,769.93 from funds not otherwise encumbered and draw a warrant paying Patricia Ermini as compensation for her injuries and damages.
AIBars Patricia Ermini from bringing any further claim against the Lee 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 $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.