CITY OF MIAMI v. GUZMAN

No. 3D12-811.

111 So.3d 187 (2013)

CITY OF MIAMI, Appellant, v. Carlos GUZMAN and Samyra Berrios, individually, and as Parents and Guardians of Camille Guzman, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie O. Bru , City Attorney, and Kevin R. Jones , Assistant City Attorney and John A. Greco , Assistant City Attorney, City of Miami, for appellant.

Wadsworth Huott , and Mike Snowden , Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Before SHEPHERD, CORTIÑAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellees sued the City of Miami on behalf of their child and in their individual capacity and received a $479,962.00 jury award. Pursuant to section 768.28(5), Florida Statutes (2010), the maximum damages that the City of Miami is required to pay per claim by any one person is $100,000.00. The City of Miami appeals the trial court's order compelling two $100,000.00 payments to appellees in both their individual capacity and representative capacity...

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