Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 72
                        Barcode 815842
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11  The Committee on Criminal Justice (Argenziano) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, line 20, through
16            page 4, line 2, delete those lines
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18  and insert:  otherwise encumbered, the sum of $650,000 for
19  injuries and damages sustained due to the negligence of the
20  deputy sheriff of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office in
21  the following manner:
22         (1)  Three hundred fifty thousand dollars, paid within
23  20 days after notice to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
24  upon the effective date of this act; and
25         (2)  Three hundred thousand dollars, paid 1 year
26  following the date of the payment of the first payment of
27  $350,000.
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31  And the title is amended as follows:
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    Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 72
                        Barcode 815842
 1         On page 2, line 7, through
 2            page 3, line 10, delete those lines
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 5         WHEREAS, Ms. Graham continues to suffer from chronic
 6  pain, gait disfunction, and depression, and
 7         WHEREAS, as a result of the accident, Ms. Graham
 8  sustained a 40-percent permanent functional impairment and
 9  permanent gait disfunction, and
10         WHEREAS, due to the severity of her injuries, Ms.
11  Graham has been unemployed and will require future medical
12  care over her lifetime, and
13         WHEREAS, Ms. Graham filed a lawsuit against the Palm
14  Beach County Sheriff's Office, and a trial was set to begin on
15  July 18, 2005, and
16         WHEREAS, on July 13, 2005, Ms. Graham and the Palm
17  Beach County Sheriff's Office entered into an agreement to
18  settle the lawsuit in the amount of $950,000, of which the
19  sheriff's office paid $100,000 at the time the settlement
20  agreement was signed by all parties, and
21         WHEREAS, the Senate Special Master recommended that the
22  claim be reduced by $200,000 to account for unsupported future
23  economic losses, NOW, THEREFORE,
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