Senate Bill sb0066c1

    Florida Senate - 2002                             CS for SB 66

    By the Committee on Finance and Taxation; and Senator Klein





    314-1818-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the School Board of Palm

  3         Beach County; providing for the relief of Mary

  4         Nell Dent Harley, as legal guardian of Ariel

  5         Alexus Dent, for injuries sustained by Ariel

  6         Alexus Dent as the result of negligence on the

  7         part of an employee of the board; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, Ariel Alexus Dent was a

11  6-year-old student in the Palm Beach County school system, and

12         WHEREAS, on that date, as she was properly exiting her

13  school bus, she was struck by the bus, operated by an employee

14  of the School Board of Palm Beach County, and

15         WHEREAS, as a result of being struck three separate

16  times, by the bumper, the front wheels, and the rear wheels of

17  the bus, Ariel sustained severe and permanent injuries, and

18         WHEREAS, Ariel has undergone multiple surgeries,

19  rehabilitation, and physical therapy, and

20         WHEREAS, Ariel has disfiguring scars, is subject to

21  chronic pain in her right leg, and walks with a limp, and

22         WHEREAS, expert medical testimony has established that

23  Ariel has sustained a 22-percent permanent partial impairment

24  of the whole person and a 30-percent permanent functional

25  impairment, and

26         WHEREAS, the School Board of Palm Beach County has

27  admitted liability for the accident that caused Ariel's

28  injuries, and

29         WHEREAS, before trial, the parties reached a settlement

30  under which the School Board of Palm Beach County has paid

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    Florida Senate - 2002                             CS for SB 66
    314-1818-02




  1  $200,000 and agreed not to oppose a claim bill in the amount

  2  of $600,000, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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  6         Section 1.  The facts stated in