A Miami-Dade County jury has awarded Haitian-American former Florida state senator Daphne Campbell $100 million in a wrongful dying lawsuit over the 2021 killing of her son, Jason Campbell.
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Jason Campbell was fatally shot whereas sleeping after Lakoria Washington unlawfully entered the Monte Carlo Condominium advanced in Biscayne Gardens. Authorities say Washington had no authorized entry to the constructing on the time of the incident.
Following the capturing, Campbell filed a wrongful dying swimsuit in opposition to the Monte Carlo Condominium Affiliation, the property administration firm Akam & Associates LLC, and EMS Protecting Group, the safety contractor for the constructing.
On Tuesday, the jury discovered Akam & Associates to be 57% at fault, the Monte Carlo Condominium Affiliation and EMS Protecting Group every 18% at fault, and a tenant of the advanced 7% at fault, in keeping with a press launch from Campbell’s authorized crew at Morgan & Morgan.
“When a mindless tragedy strikes your life, you’re feeling helpless, alone and fully shattered,” Daphne and her husband Hubert Campbell mentioned within the assertion. “Dropping our beloved son Jason has triggered us unspeakable ache that we’d not want on anybody. This verdict won’t ever convey our son again, however we hope it sends a robust message to all property managers and homeowners and compels them to supply sufficient safety earlier than one other household suffers like ours has. Thanks to our pals, neighborhood, and Morgan & Morgan for supporting us throughout this nightmare. Please proceed to hope for our household, together with Jason’s three kids who should now develop up with out their father.”
Daphne Campbell, born in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, earned a nursing diploma from SOD Nursing College in 1981. She served within the Florida Home of Representatives from 2010 to 2016 earlier than being elected to the Florida Senate, the place she represented District 38 from 2016 till her 2018 defeat within the Democratic major. She ran once more for Senate District 35 in 2020.
