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'I'm furious': Tampa family disappointed but not defeated after claims bill fails
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More questions and outrage are coming from a Tampa family seeking justice after a devastating school bus crash because Florida lawmakers didn't pass a bill that would have required a payout.
"I just want to work so that I’m not in the house all day,” says Marcus Button, who was 16 in 2006 when a Pasco County school bus crashed into the car he was riding in.
“I have multiple traumatic brain injuries, I’m half-blind, I have nerve damage," he explained.
In 2010, his family sued the school district and a jury awarded them more than a million dollars but only have seen a portion of that because of Florida’s sovereign immunity laws. He wants to use the money for programs to build skills to live independently he can't otherwise afford. His injuries leave him with social and developmental difficulties.
"I thought I was in the clear but, you know, they took that right from me,” Button said.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/politics/florida-claims-bill-fails/67-e07814f9-5cae-4363-983a-0ebc6c75cf70
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