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MARIO NEAL V. CITY OF GAINESVILLE; EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, CASE NO. 2015-CA-657 (B)
recommendation
The City Commission authorize the City Attorney to represent the City in the case styled Mario Neal v. City of Gainesville; Eighth Judicial Circuit, Case No. 2015-CA-657.
explanation
On March 19, 2015, the City was served with a Summons and Complaint filed by Mario Neal in the Circuit Court against the City of Gainesville. Mario Neal alleges that he was involved in an automobile accident with a City vehicle on April 14, 2013 on NW 17th Street, in Gainesville. Mario Neal claims to have suffered significant and permanent loss of an important bodily function and or permanent and significant scarring; permanent injury within a reasonable degree of medical probability other than scarring or disfigurement; aggravation or activation of an existing disease or physical defect; pain, suffering, disability, physical impairment, mental anguish, inconvenience, and a loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life; expenses of medical care and treatment in the past and in the future; and loss of wages and or loss of earning capacity in the future. Mr. Neal seeks money damages in excess of $15,000.00.