{"id":97792,"date":"2022-01-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-individuals-who-owned-residential-citrus-trees-in-miami-dade-county-that-were-destroyed-between-2000-2006-under-the-citrus-canker-eradication-program-could-get-money-from-a-settlement\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T11:10:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:10:07","slug":"las-personas-que-poseian-arboles-citricos-residenciales-en-el-condado-de-miami-dade-que-fueron-destruidos-entre-2000-y-2006-en-el-marco-del-programa-de-erradicacion-del-cancro-de-los-citricos-podrian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/las-personas-que-poseian-arboles-citricos-residenciales-en-el-condado-de-miami-dade-que-fueron-destruidos-entre-2000-y-2006-en-el-marco-del-programa-de-erradicacion-del-cancro-de-los-citricos-podrian\/","title":{"rendered":"Individuals Who Owned Residential Citrus Trees in Miami-Dade County that were Destroyed Between 2000-2006 Under the Citrus Canker Eradication Program Could Get Money from a Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">CORAL GABLES, Fla.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 24, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The following is being released by <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert C. Gilbert, Esq.<\/span> of <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert C. Gilbert<\/span>, P.A.\/<span class=\"xn-person\">Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen<\/span>, P.A.\u00a0about the lawsuit <i>In re Citrus Canker Litigation., <\/i>Case No. 03-8255 CA 13,\u00a0in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade County, Florida<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>A Settlement has been reached in the class action lawsuit seeking full compensation for the certified Class of owners of approximately 247,972 residential citrus trees in <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade County<\/span>, that were not determined to be infected with citrus canker and were destroyed by the Florida Department of Agriculture (&#8220;Department&#8221;), on or after <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 1, 2000<\/span>, under the Citrus Canker Eradication Program (&#8220;CCEP&#8221;). \u00a0The lawsuit seeks full compensation based on the replacement cost of the trees at the time they were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, individuals are part of the Class and included in the Settlement if they owned citrus trees located within <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade County<\/span> that were:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><u>not<\/u> used for commercial purposes,<\/li>\n<li><u>not<\/u> determined by the Department to be infected with citrus canker, and<\/li>\n<li>destroyed under the CCEP <u>on or after <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 1, 2000<\/span><\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under the Settlement, which is subject to Court approval and an appropriation by the 2022 Florida Legislature, a Settlement Fund of <span class=\"xn-money\">$76,871,320<\/span> will be created to pay (1) eligible Class Members; (2) costs of notice and administration; (3) attorneys&#8217; fees, costs, and expert fees; and (4) service awards to the five class representatives.\u00a0 Additional details are in the Settlement Agreement available on the website, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3417783-1&amp;h=3598979548&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamidadecitruscankerfund.com%2F&amp;a=www.MiamiDadeCitrusCankerFund.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.MiamiDadeCitrusCankerFund.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals do not have to do anything to receive a payment. \u00a0If the Settlement is approved and the Settlement Fund is created, all eligible Class Members who received a notice in the mail and who do not exclude themselves (opt-out) from the Class will automatically receive a payment.\u00a0 Individuals who did not get a notice in the mail, but think they are included in the Class should call <b>1-833-630-1411<\/b> for assistance.\u00a0 Individual payments will be calculated based on the total number of eligible trees owned by each Class Member that were destroyed. \u00a0If a Class Member was previously paid <span class=\"xn-money\">$55<\/span> per-tree and\/or accepted and used the <span class=\"xn-money\">$100<\/span> Shade Florida debit card, these amounts will be subtracted from their total payment.<\/p>\n<p><b>Important Information and Dates:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Included individuals who want to keep their right to sue the Department themselves must exclude themselves from the Class by <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">March 10, 2022<\/span><\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Included individuals can object to the Settlement\u00a0no later than<b>\u00a0March 10, 2022.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Included individuals who do nothing will be bound by the Court&#8217;s decisions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Court will hold a hearing on <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">March 21, 2022<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">9:30 a.m.<\/span><\/b> to consider whether to approve the Settlement, Class Counsel&#8217;s request for attorneys&#8217; fees, costs and expert fees\u00a0not to exceed 15% of the Settlement Fund, and service awards up to <span class=\"xn-money\">$25,000<\/span> for each of the five Class Representatives.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3417783-1&amp;h=3598979548&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamidadecitruscankerfund.com%2F&amp;a=www.MiamiDadeCitrusCankerFund.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.MiamiDadeCitrusCankerFund.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Call: <b>1-833-630-1411<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Write to: Citrus Canker \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade<\/span> \u2013 7526, PO Box 2599, <span class=\"xn-location\">Faribault, MN<\/span> 55021-9599<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SOURCE  <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert C. Gilbert<\/span>, P.A.\/<span class=\"xn-person\">Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen<\/span>, P.A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">CORAL GABLES, Fla.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 24, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The following is being released by <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert C. Gilbert, Esq.<\/span> of <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert C. Gilbert<\/span>, P.A.\/<span class=\"xn-person\">Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen<\/span>, P.A.\u00a0about the lawsuit <i>In re Citrus Canker Litigation., <\/i>Case No. 03-8255 CA 13,\u00a0in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade County, Florida<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}