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Senate Bill 0060
    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                        SB 60

    By Senator Gutman





    34-182-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Dade County; providing for

  3         the relief of Jeanette Alonso, a minor, for

  4         injuries sustained as a result of the conduct

  5         of the Public Health Trust of Dade County,

  6         d.b.a. Jackson Memorial Hospital; providing for

  7         payment by the Public Health Trust of Dade

  8         County, d.b.a. Jackson Memorial Hospital;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11         WHEREAS, on September 13, 1990, two-week-old Jeanette

12  Alonso was taken by her mother to Jackson Memorial Hospital

13  for care and treatment of an infection, and

14         WHEREAS, Jeanette Alonso was admitted with a diagnosis

15  of "rule out sepsis," and

16         WHEREAS, Jeanette Alonso, while a patient in Jackson

17  Memorial Hospital, suffered from documented hyponatremia or

18  low blood-sodium levels for prolonged periods of time and from

19  uncontrolled and untreated seizures, and

20         WHEREAS, Jeanette Alonso has suffered irreversible

21  brain damage, including partial brain death and cortical

22  blindness, and requires constant care and supervision, and

23         WHEREAS, on November 20, 1992, a complaint was filed on

24  behalf of Jeanette Alonso in Circuit Court for Dade County,

25  Case Number 92-21466 CA 01-03, and

26         WHEREAS, on July 22, 1997, a Final Agreed Judgment was

27  entered by the Circuit Court in the amount of $4,000,000, and

28         WHEREAS, Jackson Memorial Hospital has paid to Jeanette

29  Alonso's legal representatives and court-appointed guardian of

30  her property the sum of $200,000, and

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    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                        SB 60
    34-182-98




  1         WHEREAS, the Public Health Trust of Dade County, d.b.a.

  2  Jackson Memorial Hospital, and Jeanette Alonso, through her

  3  legal representatives, have agreed to the passage of this

  4  claim bill for $3,800,000, which represents the remaining

  5  amount of the claim, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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

10  act are found and declared to be true.

11         Section 2.  The Public Health Trust of Dade County,

12  d.b.a. Jackson Memorial Hospital, is authorized and directed

13  to appropriate from funds of the Public Health Trust not

14  otherwise appropriated and to draw a warrant in the sum of

15  $3,800,000, payable to the court-appointed guardian of the

16  property of Jeanette Alonso and her legal representatives, to

17  compensate her for the injuries and damages she suffered.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

19  law.

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