Amendment
Bill No. 0070

Amendment No. 428969

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative(s) Seiler offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
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6	Section 1.  The facts stated in the preamble to this act
7	are found and declared to be true.
8	Section 2.  Miami-Dade County is authorized and directed to
9	appropriate from funds of the county not otherwise encumbered
10	and to pay to Anthony John Angelillo the sum of $250,000 as
11	compensation for injuries suffered due to the negligence of an
12	employee of Miami-Dade County.
13	Section 3.  Payment for the combined total of professional
14	services and costs incurred by attorneys, lobbyists, and agents
15	or representatives of attorneys or lobbyists shall not exceed
16	$40,000.
17	Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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21	On page 1, line 1, through page 2, line 22, remove all of
22	said lines and insert:
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24	A bill to be entitled
25	An act for the relief of Anthony John Angelillo by Miami-
26	Dade County; authorizing and directing Miami-Dade County
27	to compensate Anthony John Angelillo for injuries suffered
28	due to the negligence of Miami-Dade County; providing for
29	attorney's fees, lobbyist's fees, and costs; providing an
30	effective date.
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32	WHEREAS, on April 30, 2002, Anthony John Angelillo was
33	driving his motorcycle and Miami-Dade Police Officer Barry
34	Savage was driving an automobile owned by Miami-Dade County, and
35	WHEREAS, Officer Savage was on duty and was an agent and
36	employee of Miami-Dade County and acting within the scope of his
37	authority, and
38	WHEREAS, on April 30, 2002, a collision between the
39	motorcycle driven by Anthony John Angelillo and the automobile
40	driven by Officer Savage occurred at the intersection of
41	Northwest 107th Avenue and Northwest 58th Street in Medley,
42	Miami-Dade County, when Officer Savage turned his automobile
43	onto Northwest 107th Avenue from Northwest 58th Street, and
44	WHEREAS, as a result of the accident, Anthony John
45	Angelillo suffered severe bodily injury to his right arm, right
46	elbow, and right shoulder, which are now permanently impaired; a
47	broken clavicle; an impaired lung, which required surgery; and
48	an injured left foot, which necessitated a muscle graft and
49	which foot is permanently impaired, all of which required
50	numerous medical procedures and operations, and
51	WHEREAS, as a result of the injuries, Anthony John
52	Angelillo has constant pain that requires consistent medication;
53	he is required to use a cane to walk; and he will need further
54	medical procedures to his left foot and to his right extremity
55	to allow him to fully straighten it and possibly use his right
56	arm and shoulder for normal everyday activities in the future,
57	and
58	WHEREAS, as a result of this accident, a legal action was
59	filed by Anthony John Angelillo against Miami-Dade County in the
60	Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-
61	Dade County (Case No. 01-11002-CA-20) alleging negligence on the
62	part of Miami-Dade County, and
63	WHEREAS, Anthony John Angelillo and Miami-Dade County
64	voluntarily settled this claim and lawsuit for the sum of
65	$450,000, and
66	WHEREAS, since the maximum amount that may be awarded and
67	voluntarily paid under s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, the sum of
68	$200,000, has been paid, Anthony John Angelillo petitions the
69	Legislature for further payment in the amount of $250,000, and
70	WHEREAS, in the Settlement and Release of All Claims
71	executed by the parties in the lawsuit filed in this matter,
72	Miami-Dade County agreed not to object to a claim bill presented
73	to the Florida Legislature in the amount of $250,000, NOW,
74	THEREFORE,

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