Senate Bill sb0052

    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                        SB 52

    By Senator Villalobos





    37-72A-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Miami-Dade County; providing

  3         for the relief of Jessica Ann Calderon, Sean

  4         Ryan Calderon, and Lily Ann Calderon;

  5         authorizing and directing Miami-Dade County to

  6         compensate them for the death of Roberto Luis

  7         Calderon, which was caused by the negligence of

  8         a Miami-Dade County employee; providing an

  9         effective date.

10

11         WHEREAS, on December 7, 1999, 27-year-old police

12  officer Roberto Luis Calderon was driving a marked police

13  vehicle south bound on the bus way adjacent to and parallel

14  with southbound U.S. 1, and

15         WHEREAS, while Officer Calderon was driving his vehicle

16  through the intersection of SW Hibiscus Street in a lawful

17  manner, a Miami-Dade Transit Authority Bus ran the red light

18  at the intersection and collided with Officer Calderon's

19  vehicle on the driver's side, and

20         WHEREAS, Officer Calderon was killed in the accident,

21  and

22         WHEREAS, after a thorough investigation by both the

23  Miami-Dade County Police Homicide Investigation Unit and the

24  Miami-Dade Transit Authority, both agencies concluded that the

25  driver of the bus was negligent and caused the accident, and

26         WHEREAS, neither agency found that Officer Calderon was

27  negligent in any way, and there is no other evidence of

28  contributory fault on the part of Officer Calderon, and

29         WHEREAS, Officer Calderon was survived by his

30  29-year-old wife, Jessica Ann Calderon, and their children,

31

                                  1

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                        SB 52
    37-72A-02




  1  4-year-old Sean Ryan Calderon and 2-year-old Lily Ann

  2  Calderon, and

  3         WHEREAS, a law suit was filed for the wrongful death of

  4  Roberto Luis Calderon, and claims were asserted on behalf of

  5  his wife and two minor children, NOW, THEREFORE,

  6

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

  8

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

10  act are found and declared to be true.

11         Section 2.  Miami-Dade County is authorized and

12  directed to appropriate from funds of the county not otherwise

13  appropriated and to draw a warrant in the sum of $2,100,000,

14  less statutory attorney's fees and costs, payable to Jessica

15  Ann Calderon, as personal representative of the estate of

16  Roberto Luis Calderon, which funds shall not be spent until

17  allocated between Jessica Ann Calderon and her minor children,

18  Sean Ryan Calderon, and Lily Ann Calderon pursuant to an order

19  of the probate court In Re: Estate of Roberto Luis Calderon,

20  11th Circuit for Miami-Dade County, Case 00-1510CP(02).

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

22  law.

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  2

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.