SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 52   Barcode 672920
    Amendment No. 1
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11  The Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military
12  Affairs recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 1, line 23, through page 2, line 20, delete
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20         WHEREAS, the case went to trial in 1999, and the jury
21  found Orange County to be at fault but also allocated some
22  fault to the driver of the other vehicle, and judgment was
23  rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $380,971,
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25         WHEREAS, Orange County appealed the jury's verdict, but
26  the verdict was affirmed per curiam, and
27         WHEREAS, Orange County has paid the $100,000 that is
28  the maximum amount allowed under section 768.28, Florida
29  Statutes, NOW, THEREFORE,
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31  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 52   Barcode 672920
    Amendment No. 1
 1         Section 1.  The facts stated in the preamble to this
 2  act are found and declared to be true.
 3         Section 2.  Orange County is authorized and directed to
 4  compensate Pamela McMahan San Juan in the amount of
 5  $156,812.53 for injuries and damages sustained and for medical
 6  expenses, out of the funds of Orange County not otherwise
 7  appropriated.
 8         Section 3.  Orange County is authorized and directed to
 9  compensate Orlando Regional Healthcare System, Inc., in the
10  amount of the Final Judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff
11  in the pending case of Orlando Regional Healthcare System,
12  Inc. v. Pamela San Juan, Case No. CI98-6501-34, in the Circuit
13  Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County,
14  Florida, but such compensation shall not exceed $64,866.06.
15  The County shall compensate Orlando Regional Healthcare
16  System, Inc., out of the funds of Orange County not otherwise
17  appropriated.
18         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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