SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Cowin moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1033. Effective July 1, 2002, subsection (2)
18 of section 766.112, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 766.112 Comparative fault.--
20 (2) In an action for damages for personal injury or
21 wrongful death arising out of medical malpractice, whether in
22 contract or tort, when an apportionment of damages pursuant to
23 s. 768.81 is attributed to a the board of trustees of a state
24 university Regents, the court shall enter judgment against the
25 board of trustees Regents on the basis of the board's such
26 party's percentage of fault and not on the basis of the
27 doctrine of joint and several liability. The sole remedy
28 available to a claimant to collect a judgment or settlement
29 against a board of trustees damages, subject to the provisions
30 of this subsection, against the Board of Regents shall be
31 pursuant to s. 768.28.
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1 Section 1034. Effective July 1, 2002, subsections (1)
2 and (2) of section 768.28, Florida Statutes, are amended to
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4 768.28 Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions;
5 recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of
6 limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management
7 programs.--
8 (1) In accordance with s. 13, Art. X of the State
9 Constitution, the state, for itself and for its agencies or
10 subdivisions, hereby waives sovereign immunity for liability
11 for torts, but only to the extent specified in this act.
12 Actions at law against the state or any of its agencies or
13 subdivisions to recover damages in tort for money damages
14 against the state or its agencies or subdivisions for injury
15 or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by the
16 negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the
17 agency or subdivision while acting within the scope of the
18 employee's office or employment under circumstances in which
19 the state or such agency or subdivision, if a private person,
20 would be liable to the claimant, in accordance with the
21 general laws of this state, may be prosecuted subject to the
22 limitations specified in this act. Other than an action
23 against a state university board of trustees, which must be
24 brought in the county in which that university's main campus
25 is located or in which it maintains a substantial presence for
26 the transaction of its customary business, any such action may
27 be brought in the county where the property in litigation is
28 located or, if the affected agency or subdivision has an
29 office in such county for the transaction of its customary
30 business, where the cause of action accrued.
31 (2) As used in this act, "state agencies or
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1 subdivisions" include the executive departments, the
2 Legislature, the judicial branch (including public defenders),
3 and the independent establishments of the state, including
4 state university boards of trustees; counties and
5 municipalities; and corporations primarily acting as
6 instrumentalities or agencies of the state, counties, or
7 municipalities, including the Spaceport Florida Authority.
8 Section 1035. Effective July 1, 2002, subsection (5)
9 of section 626.852, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
10 626.852 Scope of this part.--
11 (5) This part does not apply to any employee or agent
12 of a state university the board of trustees Regents providing
13 services in support of any self-insurance program created
14 under s. 1004.24 adopted by such Board of Regents.
15 Section 1036. The amendments to sections 766.112(2)
16 and 768.28(1) and (2) shall apply to actions filed on or after
17 July 1, 2002.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 amending s. 766.112, F.S.; prescribing
28 applicability of provisions relating to
29 comparative fault to boards of trustees;
30 amending s. 768.28, F.S.; providing venue in
31 actions brought against boards of trustees;
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1 providing applicability of provisions relating
2 to waiver of sovereign immunity to boards of
3 trustees; amending s. 626.852, F.S.; providing
4 inapplicability of provisions relating to
5 insurance adjusters to employees and agents of
6 a board of trustees;
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