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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry Leiby<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 29, 2013 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Construction Law Committee (clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] SB 286 - Limitations on Individual Design Professional Liability<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Bruce,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Another example of legislative sausage. We have to look at the silver lining so long as they are not going to listen to us, being the opportunity to litigate what the statute means. I know that this is an opportunity
that we would have preferred to not have, but …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So who is filing the bill next year to eliminate economic damages against individual lawyers and doctors?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold";color:#215868">Larry R. Leiby, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Partington<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 26, 2013 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Roberts, Hardy L.; Construction Law Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] SB 286 - Limitations on Individual Design Professional Liability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Since we’ve all been thoroughly studying this for the last 25 hours (and busily forwarding it to all our design professional clients and those who contract with them), it seems to me that there is a conflict
or ambiguity within the bill (or at least one).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">On the one hand, it seeks to limit the individual responsibility of licensees who are acting as the agent or employee of a “business entity” -- but then includes within the definition of “business entity” both
traditional liability limiting entities, but also “partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, . . . .[and] self-employed individual.” It seems to me that the statute can’t do much good in those instances due to the inherent liability under those other
forms. In other words, a sole proprietor who would be personally liable for ALL debts and obligations of the proprietorship would seem still to be liable since a proprietor does not employ himself or herself, and cannot be his/her own “agent.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Or, would the statute be construed to essentially eliminate claims for “solely economic” damages against design professionals? It’s not written that way, but that would seem the only alternative construction
that would give some meaning or value to partnerships, sole proprietorships, and “self employed individual.” But, given that this elimination of economic damages claims would have to be
<u>inferred</u> run afoul of the access to courts provision of the Florida Constitution (despite the staff analysis).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’d welcome the thoughts of others on this and any other issues on the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Roberts, Hardy L.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Construction Law Discussion'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] SB 286 - Limitations on Individual DesignProfessional Liability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CLC’ers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For your information, I understand Governor Scott signed the attached bill into law yesterday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hardy<o:p></o:p></p>
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