Florida SB 1094: Required Health Education Instruction

Bill Text

1094 
Relief of Sean Hurley by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office 
2026-01-05T10:15:51Z 
Providing for an appropriation to compensate Mr. Hurley for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. 
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2026 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 (NP) SB 1094 

 By Senator Massullo 

 11-01794-26 20261094__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act for the relief of Sean Hurley by the Orange 
 3 County Sheriff’s Office; providing for an 
 4 appropriation to compensate Mr. Hurley for injuries 
 5 sustained as a result of the negligence of the Orange 
 6 County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on the 
 7 payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing 
 8 an effective date. 
 9 
 10 WHEREAS, at approximately 6:00 p.m. on November 15, 2019, 
 11 Sean Hurley, a 26-year-old resident of Seminole County, Florida, 
 12 was driving his 2018 Yamaha MT-07 motorcycle traveling westbound 
 13 on Red Bug Lake Road at or near the intersection of Hollow Pine 
 14 Drive, in Oviedo, Seminole County, 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 was 
 18 leaving his home to work a night shift and driving a marked 2019 
 19 Ford Explorer belonging to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office 
 20 when he pulled out onto Red Bug Lake Road into the path of Mr. 
 21 Hurley’s motorcycle, striking Mr. Hurley in the lower extremity 
 22 and throwing him into the grassy median, and 
 23 WHEREAS, the collision was recorded on Deputy Orrizzi’s 
 24 dashcam, showing that it was necessary for Mr. Hurley to speed 
 25 up just before the impact to try to avoid a collision, and 
 26 WHEREAS, the investigating Florida Highway Patrol officer 
 27 who arrived at the scene determined that Deputy Orrizzi violated 
 28 Mr. Hurley’s right-of-way when Deputy Orrizzi pulled out into 
 29 the path of Mr. Hurley’s motorcycle, and 
 30 WHEREAS, as a result of the collision, Mr. Hurley was 
 31 rushed to the hospital by first responders and suffered 
 32 significant catastrophic compound injuries to his lower 
 33 extremities which required eight extensive surgeries, and 
 34 WHEREAS, Mr. Hurley sustained hip, leg, and foot injuries, 
 35 including broken legs, dislocated knees, a pelvic fracture, and 
 36 toe fractures, requiring a mechanical knee joint replacement in 
 37 his right knee, hardware installed for his pelvic fracture, the 
 38 fusing of his shattered ankle, and reconstruction of his left 
 39 knee due to the loss of two ligaments, his ACL and MCL, and 
 40 WHEREAS, because one of Mr. Hurley’s legs is now shorter 
 41 than the other, he requires specialized footwear to walk, and 
 42 his long-term prognosis is intensive medical treatment and 
 43 monitoring for the rest of his life, and 
 44 WHEREAS, in June 2023, a jury in Orange County found that 
 45 Deputy Orrizzi was 100 percent negligent in causing the 
 46 collision and awarded $20,839,757 in damages against the Orange 
 47 County Sheriff’s Office, which award was reduced post-trial 
 48 pursuant to s. 768.76(1), Florida Statutes, due to collateral 
 49 sources paid toward Mr. Hurley’s past medical expenses for 
 50 injuries Mr. Hurley sustained as a result of Deputy Orrizzi’s 
 51 negligence, including $8 million for past noneconomic damages 
 52 and $10 million for future noneconomic damages for his pain and 
 53 suffering, and 
 54 WHEREAS, the jury found that Mr. Hurley incurred 
 55 $1,714,757.61 in medical expenses relating to the surgeries and 
 56 treatments for his lower body injuries, and will incur $1.125 
 57 million in future medical expenses over the next 47 years of his 
 58 expected life, NOW, THEREFORE, 
 59 
 60 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 61 
 62 Section 1. The facts stated in the preamble to this act are 
 63 found and declared to be true. 
 64 Section 2. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is authorized 
 65 and directed to appropriate from funds of the county not 
 66 otherwise appropriated or encumbered and to draw a warrant in 
 67 the sum of $20,721,629.23 plus interest payable to Sean Hurley 
 68 as compensation for injuries and damages sustained due to the 
 69 negligence of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. 
 70 Section 3. The amount paid by the Orange County Sheriff’s 
 71 Office pursuant to s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, and the amount 
 72 awarded under this act are intended to provide the sole 
 73 compensation for all present and future claims arising out of 
 74 the factual situation described in this act which resulted in 
 75 injuries and damages to Sean Hurley. The total amount paid for 
 76 attorney fees relating to this claim may not exceed 25 percent 
 77 of the total amount awarded under this act. 
 78 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon be