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Woman Injured In Deputy Crash Gets $9.14 Million
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Published: March 15, 2009
PORT RICHEY - A judge has ruled that the Pasco County Sheriff's Office should pay $9.14 million to a woman who sustained permanent brain damage from a crash with a deputy.
A judge ruled Friday that Deputy Kenneth Petrillo was negligent in the January 2005 crash.
He had been chasing a suspected drunken driver when he followed through a red light and hit Jennifer Wohlgemuth's car. The crash sent five people to the hospital.
Wohlgemuth's attorney says the 25-year-old woman's brain injury has left her unable to care for herself.
A sheriff's spokesman says state law limits civil judgments against law enforcement agencies to $100,000, and the sheriff's office has insurance to cover that.
But Wohlgemuth's attorney can file a special claim bill in the Florida Legislature to get the rest.
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