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RALPH MCKNIGHT AND DIANE MCKNIGHT, HIS WIFE VS. CITY OF GAINESVILLE; EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, CASE NO. 2014-CA-1164 (B)
recommendation
The City Commission authorize the City Attorney to represent the City in the case styled Ralph McKnight and Diane McKnight, his wife vs. City of Gainesville; Eighth Judicial Circuit, Case No. 2014-CA-1164.
explanation
On May 14, 2014, the City was served with a Summons and Complaint filed by Ralph and Diane McKnight in the Circuit Court. Ralph McKnight alleges that on or about July 6, 2011, he tripped and fell on a tree root between the sidewalk and roadway near the Passage Family Church, located at 2020 NE 15th Street, Gainesville, Florida. Ralph McKnight claims to have suffered severe bodily injury resulting in pain and suffering, disfigurement and/or permanent scarring, inconvenience, disability, physical impairment, mental impairment, mental anguish, expensive medical treatment, loss of diminished earning capacity, loss for the enjoyment of life, and aggravation of any previously existing condition. Plaintiff Diane McKnight has filed a loss of consortium claim. Mr. McKnight seeks money damages in excess of $15,000.00.