Florida HB 6519: Relief/Estate of Danielle Maudsley/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

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HB 6519 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act for the relief of Sean Hurley by the Orange 2
County Sheriff's Office; providing for an 3
appropriation to compensate Sean Hurley for injuries 4
sustained as a result of the negligence of the Orange 5
County Sheriff's Office; providing a limitation on the 6
payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing 7
an effective date. 8
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WHEREAS, at approximately 6:00 p.m. on November 15, 2019, 10
Sean Hurley, at that time a 26-year-old resident of Seminole 11
County, Florida, was driving his 2018 Yamaha MT07 motorcycle 12
traveling westbound on Red Bug Lake Road at or near the 13
intersection of Hollow Pine Drive, in Oviedo, Seminole County, 14
Florida, and 15
WHEREAS, Red Bug Lake Road is a street with three lanes in 16
each direction, and 17
WHEREAS, Orange County Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Orrizzi 18
("Deputy Orrizzi") was leaving his home to work a night shift 19
and driving a marked 2019 Ford Explorer belonging to the Orange 20
County Sheriff's Office when he pulled out onto Red Bug Lake 21
Road into the path of Sean Hurley's motorcycle, striking Sean 22
Hurley in the lower extremity and throwing him into the grassy 23
median, and 24

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WHEREAS, the collision was recorded on Deputy Orrizzi's 25
dashcam showing, for example, that it was necessary for Sean 26
Hurley to speed up just before the impact to try to avoid a 27
collision, and 28
WHEREAS, the investigating Florida Highway Patrol officer 29
who arrived at the scene determined that Deputy Orrizzi violated 30
Sean Hurley's right of way when Deputy Orrizzi pulled out into 31
the path of Sean Hurley's motorcycle, and 32
WHEREAS, as a result of the collision, Sean Hurley was 33
rushed to the hospital by first responders and suffered 34
significant catastrophic compound injuries to his lower 35
extremities which required eight extensive surgeries, and 36
WHEREAS, Sean Hurley sustained hip, leg, and foot injuries 37
including broken legs, dislocated knees, a pelvic fracture, and 38
toe fractures requiring a mechanical knee joint replacement in 39
his right knee, hardware installed for a pelvic fracture, fusing 40
of his shattered ankle, and reconstruction of his left knee due 41
to the loss of two ligaments (ACL and MCL), and 42
WHEREAS, one of Sean Hurley's legs is now shorter than the 43
other, he requires specialized footwear to walk, and his long-44
term prognosis is intensive medical treatment and monitoring for 45
the rest of his life, and 46
WHEREAS, in June 2023, a jury in Orange County found that 47
Deputy Orrizzi was 100 percent negligent in causing the 48
collision and awarded $20,839,757 million in damages against the 49

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Orange County Sheriff's Office, which was reduced post-trial 50
pursuant to s. 768.76(1),F.S., due to collateral sources paid 51
toward Sean Hurley's past-medical expenses, for injuries Sean 52
Hurley sustained as a result of Deputy Orrizzi's negligence, 53
including $8 million for past noneconomic damages and $10 54
million for future noneconomic damages for his pain and 55
suffering, and 56
WHEREAS, the jury found that Sean Hurley incurred 57
$1,714,757.61 in medical expenses relating to the surgeries and 58
treatments for his lower body injuries, and will incur 59
$1,125,000 in future medical expenses over the next 47 years of 60
expected life, NOW, THEREFORE, 61
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 63
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Section 1. The facts stated in the preamble to this act 65
are found and declared to be true. 66
Section 2. The Orange County Sheriff's Office is 67
authorized and directed to appropriate from funds of the county 68
not otherwise appropriated or encumbered and to draw a warrant 69
in the sum of $20,721,629.23 plus interest payable to Sean 70
Hurley as compensation for injuries and damages sustained due to 71
the negligence of the Orange County Sheriff's Office. 72
Section 3. The amount paid by the Orange County Sheriff's 73
Office pursuant to s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, and the amount 74

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awarded under this act are intended to provide the sole 75
compensation for all present and future claims arising out of 76
the factual situation described in this act which resulted in 77
injuries and damages to Sean Hurley. The total amount paid for 78
attorney fees relating to this claim may not exceed 25 percent 79
of the tot