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Fla. Stat. § 284.30 (2025)
State Risk Management Trust Fund; coverages to be provided.
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284.30 State Risk Management Trust Fund; coverages to be provided.—A state self-insurance fund, designated as the “State Risk Management Trust Fund,” is created to be set up by the Department of Financial Services and administered with a program of risk management, which fund is to provide insurance, as authorized by s. 284.33, for workers’ compensation, general liability, fleet automotive liability, federal civil rights actions under 42 U.S.C. s. 1983 or similar federal statutes, benefits payable under s. 112.1816(2) to an employee of a state agency or department covered under s. 284.31, and court-awarded attorney fees in other proceedings against the state except for such awards in eminent domain or for inverse condemnation or for awards by the Public Employees Relations Commission. A party to a suit in any court, to be entitled to have his or her attorney fees paid by the state or any of its agencies, must serve a copy of the pleading claiming the fees on the Department of Financial Services; and thereafter the department shall be entitled to participate with the agency in the defense of the suit and any appeal thereof with respect to such fees.
History.—s. 1, ch. 72-206; s. 67, ch. 79-40; s. 5, ch. 79-139; s. 2, ch. 83-159; s. 77, ch. 86-163; s. 203, ch. 95-148; s. 13, ch. 2000-122; s. 316, ch. 2003-261; s. 2, ch. 2021-113.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2021 · leading case: Goodman v. Martin Cnty. Health Dept., 786 So. 2d 661 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).
Goodman v. Martin Cnty. Health Dept., 786 So. 2d 661 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). “" § 284.30, Fla. Stat. (1999). The Department of Insurance runs the statewide risk management program.”
Gallagher v. Dupont, 918 So. 2d 342 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). “The Fund provides federal civil rights liability insurance for employees under section 284.30, Florida Statutes (2001), and owed a duty to defend its insured.”
Florida Med. Ctr. v. DEPT. OF HRS, 511 So. 2d 677 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). “, its failure to establish or allege compliance with Section 284.30, Florida Statutes, providing: *678 A state self-insurance fund, designated as the "Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund," is created to be set up by the Department of Insurance and administered…”
Charlotte I. Gamble, Etc., Etc. v. The Florida Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 779 F.2d 1509 (11th Cir. 1986). “This statute provides: A state self-insurance fund, designated as the “Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund,” is created to be set up by the Department of Insurance and administered with a program of risk management, which fund is to provide insurance, as…”
Hale v. Dep't of Revenue, 973 So. 2d 518 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). “We agree with the trial court that Hale failed to satisfy a condition precedent to her claim for entitlement to attorney's fees by failing to perfect service on the Department of Insurance with a summons and a copy of her complaint at the commencement of this action pursuant to…”
N.S. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 119 So. 3d 558 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). “§ 284.30, Fla. Stat.; Gallagher v. Dupont, 918 So.”
Shinholster v. Graham, 527 F. Supp. 1318 (N.D. Fla. 1981). “Fla.Stat. § 284.30 (1979). Additionally, Section 284.”
Viering v. Florida Comm'n on Human Relations ex rel. Watson, 128 So. 3d 967 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “” § 284.30, Fla. Stat. (2012). Administrative proceedings under Chapter 120 are not “a suit in any court.”
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Detzner, 188 So. 3d 68 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). “Appellees argued against the adoption of the doctrine and also contended that Appellants had waived their right to assert a claim for fees by failing to plead a claim for such and by failing to serve the Department of Financial Services with the *70 claim pursuant to section…”
Scott Ray Zabriskie v. Court Admin., 172 F. App'x 906 (11th Cir. 2006). “” See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 284.30 . This fund covers all state departments and their employees.”
Clemons v. State Risk Mgmt. Trust Fund, 870 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). “Section 284.30, Florida Statutes, establishes the Fund to provide insurance for certain claims, including "federal civil rights actions under 42 U.”
Dept. of Health & Rehab. Serv. v. Cordes, 644 So. 2d 609 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). “Thus, section 284.30, Florida Statutes (1991), provides in pertinent part: A party to a suit in any court, to be entitled to have his attorney's fees paid by the state or any of its agencies, must serve a copy of the pleading claiming the fees on the Department of Insurance; and…”
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