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DeSantis signs bill giving $500,000 to woman struck by malfunctioning Miami-Dade gate arm

DeSantis signs bill giving $500,000 to woman struck by malfunctioning Miami-Dade gate arm

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed legislation allowing Lourdes Latour and her husband, Edward, to receive the final portion of an $800,000 settlement with Miami-Dade County. The accident that prompted the settlement occurred on January 5, 2017, when a malfunctioning gate arm struck Latour as she exited the Gables by the Sea community on

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