Oh, never mind on that matter.

My son was not in a facility that was under the DJJ contract. As I said . . . he was not in trouble.

The facility was under a contract with the department of Children and Families Services and the rule by which it licences facilities are less demanding. However they still broke those.

I could still try and claim such breach of contract - loss of protection but it does not look good.

The waver of Sovereign immunity was drafted in 1973 and enacted in 1974. The limit then is the same limit today over 34 years latter: $100,000.

Depending on how you calculate it, its equivalent in 2008 dollars is between $450,000 to just over the million mark. The ink on the paper doesn't change but the world does. Kind of defeats the whole concept of compensation and reduces it do an insult. No wonder no lawyer wants to take my case; it's just not worth it to them!

I can also see where this unmoving, concrete limit might even cause great harm: A corporation would have a significant motivation to litigation and pay its "nominal fine" rather than spend greater sums ensuring the litigation doesn't happen in the first place.

They are doing a risk/benefit (to themselves) calculation based solely on financial considerations. Everyone else be damned!