title
Anide Pierre-Louis vs. City of Gainesville; Alachua County Circuit
Court; Case No.: 01-08-CA-5408 B)
recommendation
The City Commission authorize the City Attorney to represent the City and any City employee acting in the course and scope of City employment in the case styled Anide Pierre-Louis vs. Eldred Lewis, Jane Doe (unknown City of Gainesville bus driver), and The City of Gainesville; Circuit Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, in and for Alachua County, Florida; Case No.: 01-08-CA-5408.
explanation
On March 23, 2009, the City of Gainesville was served with a summons and complaint. The Plaintiff alleges that on October 25, 2004 she exited an RTS bus, walked in front of the bus, and, upon attempting to cross the street on foot, was struck by a non-City vehicle. She claims to have sustained severe and permanent bodily injury, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expenses for medical care, physical therapy and treatment in the past and in the future, loss of earnings and ability to earn money. Ms. Pierre-Louis seeks money damages in excess of $15,000.00. In the same Complaint, Ms. Pierre-Louis also filed suit against the driver of the vehicle that actually struck her, and the unnamed City employee that drove the City of Gainesville Regional Transit System vehicle.