Injury and Accident Victims Can Sue Florida For More Money
In what is a huge victory for victims of personal injury caused by the negligence of employees of the State of Florida or any of its counties or cities, the Florida Legislature agreed to raise the sovereign immunity limits of compensation from $100,000.00 to $200,000.00 per person.
For too long, those who suffered severe and life altering injuries as a result of the negligence of sovereign employees, such as police officers and bus drivers who cause many car accidents due to careless driving, and doctors who commit malpractice at State funded hospitals, were limited in their recovery to $100,000.00.
Once the Governor signs the bill into law, these new damage limits will go into effect for accidents occurring after October 2011. For more information on this new law and the impact it may have on your case or future case, please engage the Florida injury lawyers at our firm to speak to you about it and help make you feel more comfortable about raising a state based claim.
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