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Senate Bill 0014
    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                        SB 14

    By Senator Forman





    32-10A-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Broward County; providing

  3         for the relief of Tirini S. Riley, a minor, for

  4         injuries sustained arising out of an accident

  5         that occurred while she was a patient of the

  6         South Broward Hospital District, d/b/a Memorial

  7         Hospital; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, on July 27, 1993, an accident occurred to

10  Tirini S. Riley, a minor, who was a patient of the South

11  Broward Hospital District, d/b/a Memorial Hospital, and

12         WHEREAS, as a result of that accident, Tirini S. Riley

13  sustained serious injury that formed the basis of legal action

14  brought by Beverly A. Riley, individually and as natural

15  parent and guardian of Tirini S. Riley, and by Earnest E.

16  Richardson, individually and as father of Tirini S. Riley, and

17         WHEREAS, on November 27, 1996, a consent judgment in

18  the amount of $1,100,000 was entered in the Circuit Court of

19  the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida,

20  against the South Broward Hospital District, d/b/a Memorial

21  Hospital, and in favor of Beverly A. Riley, as natural parent

22  and guardian of Tirini S. Riley, for the benefit of Tirini S.

23  Riley, and

24         WHEREAS, the consent judgment noted that execution

25  would issue with respect to the sum of $100,000 pursuant to

26  the statutory limitation of liability contained in section

27  768.28, Florida Statutes, and

28         WHEREAS, the consent judgment provided that the payment

29  of the sum of $1,000,000 would be made only in accordance with

30  the law applicable to claim bills, and further provided that

31  the amount of the judgment was fully inclusive of all claims

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    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                        SB 14
    32-10A-98




  1  for damages, litigation costs, and attorney's fees and would

  2  not accrue interest until 30 days after such a claim bill

  3  became law, and

  4         WHEREAS, South Broward Hospital District fully supports

  5  the passage of a claim bill for this claim in the amount of

  6  $1,000,000, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  The facts stated in the preamble to this

11  act are found and declared to be true.

12         Section 2.  The South Broward Hospital District, d/b/a

13  Memorial Hospital, is authorized and directed to appropriate

14  from funds of the hospital district not otherwise appropriated

15  and to draw a warrant in the sum of $1,000,000, plus any

16  interest accruing thereon from July 31, 1997, through the date

17  of payment in full of the amount owed, payable to Beverly A.

18  Riley, as natural parent and guardian of Tirini S. Riley, a

19  minor, for the benefit of Tirini S. Riley for injuries and

20  damages sustained as a result of an accident that occurred

21  while said minor was a patient of the hospital.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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