![]() “There were no victors on February 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when Miller and Stambaugh failed to do their jobs, and it is belief that the deputies do not deserve their jobs back. “We don’t get to bring back the children who were murdered on a technicality,” Pollack said.ĭespite Thursday’s ruling, the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s general counsel maintains the deputies shouldn’t get their jobs back. He said he wants parents to know that the fired deputies could possibly be called to an emergency: “ this is who you got coming.” … If people really cared, that is what they would do.” “Every mayor in every city should say we don’t want these deputies in our town responding to a 9-1-1 situation. “It is painful for me to once again see there is no accountability.”Īndy Pollack, whose daughter, Meadow, was killed in the attack, said he hopes the decision is a call-to-action for city and county leaders. “Alyssa and 16 others are no longer here because of the failures and inactions by many, including Miller and Stambaugh,” said Lori Alhadeff, whose daughter, Alyssa, was killed in the massacre. Deadlines are there for a reason: to keep checks and balances.”īell said he understands the ruling doesn’t sit well with the Parkland families and survivors. “They were wrongfully terminated,” Bell said, adding he recognizes that there is a need to discipline when mistakes are made by any employee. But the union representing the deputies seized on that. But the version of the oath that the Sheriff’s Office had used on its forms for many years omitted that line - and no one ever challenged that it needed to be included. And investigators must swear they’ve read reports about officers in their entirety and that the forms are accurate. Under state law, police agencies are given 180 days to investigate and discipline officers. ![]() The judge did not weigh in on the failures of the deputies to respond during the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but found the arbitrators were correct when they ruled the Sheriff’s Office acted too late when it fired the deputies. ![]() That’s in addition to car stipends, pension contributions and medical expenses, among other benefits. That includes accrued sick and vacation time, holiday pay, overtime and off-duty detail pay they likely would have made had they not been fired. “Now, as an assignee, you’re basically a second-class citizen,” Hernandez told Daily Business Review.A judge on Thursday sided with two fired deputies who failed to confront the Parkland school shooter in 2018, concluding that they should get their jobs back - all because of an omission in the filing of crucial documents and a missed deadline.īroward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink concluded that arbitrators were correct in ruling that the fired sheriff’s deputies, Brian Miller and Joshua Stambaugh, should get their jobs back, with back pay plus other payments. But he did say allegations over the plaintiff’s meeting contractual obligations could be subject for a future summary judgment decision.Ĭitron and Hernandez said the insured and assignee – in this case KDH and the condo association – have different rights under the new law despite being parties to one contract, which they allege violates the state’s equal-protection clauses in its Constitution He denied the dismissal motion and the request to reject attorney fees. They’re basically saying they want $916,000 dollars prospectively for all the repairs they think they believe the property’s going to need for damages that they contend are related to Hurricane Irma,” Espino told Daily Business Review.įrink disagreed during the hearing held via Zoom, Daily Business Review reported. “They are not coming to United and asking for benefits for services already rendered, for tasks that have been completed, for consumables that have been consumed. United Property & Casualty’s attorney Otto Espino of Kelley Kronenburg in Miami asked for dismissal on grounds that the plaintiff allegedly hadn’t let the carrier examine the claims under oath, Daily Business Review reported. But Florida’s new AOB law went into effect July 1, 2019. The condo association made an AOB transfer to KDH in August 2018. MAC Legal’s Michael Citron and Igor Hernandez brought a case for plaintiff KDH Architecture in November 2019, which alleged $916,000 in repairs caused by Hurricane Irma to Sun Vista Gardens Condominium Association in Tamarac were wrongly denied by the defendant. Broward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink refused to rule on the constitutionality of the new law that blocks payment of attorney fees to third parties.įlorida's new assignment of benefits law doesn't apply to a contractor's lawsuit against an insurer since the assignment of benefits (AOB) happened before the statute was enacted, Daily Business Review reported.
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