Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 284.38 (2025)

Waiver of sovereign immunity; effect.

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284.38 Waiver of sovereign immunity; effect.—The insurance programs developed herein shall provide limits as established by the provisions of s. 768.28 if a tort claim. The limits provided in s. 768.28 shall not apply to a civil rights action arising under 42 U.S.C. s. 1983 or similar federal statute. Payment of a pending or future claim or judgment arising under any of said statutes may be made upon this act becoming a law, unless the officer, employee, or agent has been determined in the final judgment to have caused the harm intentionally; however, the fund is authorized to pay all other court-ordered attorney’s fees as provided under s. 284.31.

History.—s. 1, ch. 72-206; s. 8, ch. 79-139; s. 176, ch. 81-259.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1981–2004 · leading case: Clemons v. State Risk Mgmt. Trust Fund, 870 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).

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Clemons v. State Risk Mgmt. Trust Fund, 870 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). · cites it 16× “" See § 284.38, Fla. Stat. (2002). Section 284.”

Shinholster v. Graham, 527 F. Supp. 1318 (N.D. Fla. 1981). · cites it 6× “Fla.Stat. § 284.38 (1979). (Emphasis added) Thus, by the plain language of Section 284.”

Charlotte I. Gamble, Etc., Etc. v. The Florida Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 779 F.2d 1509 (11th Cir. 1986). “Fla.Stat.Ann. § 284.38 (emphasis added). This section carries forward the distinction, strongly delineated in the statute providing the state’s limited waiver of sovereign immunity (§ 768.”

Meeker v. Addison, 586 F. Supp. 216 (S.D. Fla. 1984). · cites it 5× “Fla.Stat. § 284.38. (Emphasis supplied). A close reading of the legislative history cited in Shinholster suggests the construction herein set forth.”

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