...the defendant in this wrongful termination lawsuit. At issue in this case is whether Florida law permits a public policy exception to at-will...employment to protect the right of employees to carry weapons for rescue or self-defense. The district court held that Florida does not recognize a common law cause of action for wrongful discharge.... Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. D.C. Docket No. 07-01083-CV-J-32JRK. Before...

...violation of the Florida Public Whistleblower Act, Counts I through III, respectively, and wrongful termination in violation of Florida Statutes, § 92.57, Count IV. The City seeks a more definite...actual damages suffered by such person. There is nothing in the language of § 92.57 indicating that the legislature has waived sovereign immunity. Florida Statutes, § 768.28(1), which...DENIED. DONE and ORDERED in Miami, Florida, this 6 day of May, 2015. /s/_________ PATRICIA A. SEITZ UNITED STATES DISTRICT J...

...occurred in Florida. Although the complaint does not allege where the alleged wrongful termination occurred, Walsh conceded before the district court that he was discharged in Florida...against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment." Section 448.102, Florida Statutes (1993), provides...when Michael Walsh filed a complaint against his former employer, Arrow Air, Inc., for wrongful discharge. Walsh is a Florida resident who was employed as a flight engineer by Arrow Air, a Florida...

...)(4), Florida Constitution, and answer the question in the negative. Scott obtained a verdict against Otis Elevator Company for wrongful employment termination in violation of...: Are actions for wrongful discharge brought pursuant to section 440.205, Florida Statutes (1979), governed by Broward Builders Exchange...-year wage statute of limitations set forth in section 95.11(4)(c) to federal statutory causes of actions for discriminatory employment termination...

...). Additionally, there is no action in Florida for the common law tort of wrongful termination. Wiggins v. Southern Mgmt. Corp., 629 So.2d.... PER CURIAM. Linda Bass appeals the dismissal of her wrongful termination action. We affirm. ...Rehabilitation, a Department within Miami Dade County, Appellee. No. 3D01-510. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. October...

...Amador appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Town of Palm Beach (Town), Florida, in his suit for wrongful termination in violation of the Florida Firefigh...of Palm Beach, Florida, from August of 2007, until his termination on January 26, 2011. As Fire Chief, Amador was a part of the Town's management team involved in negotiations with the Firefighters.... Amador conceded that Elwell's proffered reasons for the termination were honest and non-pretextual. Nothing in the Town's ordinances required a hearing before Amador's termination...

...termination under section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2002) (the Sunshine Act) is not entitled to monetary damages in the form of employee back pay. We.... DAMOORGIAN, J. Lee Ellen Dascott appeals a final summary judgment in which the trial court found that a party who p...v. Palm Beach County, 877 So.2d 8 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), in which we held the pre-termination hearing panel and the grievance committee which upheld Ms. Dascott's termination violated sections...

...motion, the Canal Authority filed a second action in the Middle District of Florida against substantially the same defendants, alleging wrongful termination of the project. Later, other similar suits.... Factual Setting The Ocklawaha River has its source in several large lakes of the central peninsula of Florida. It flows northward for sixty.... History of the Litigation In September, 1969, the Environmental Defense Fund, joined by the Florida Defenders of the Environment and several individua...

..., the circumstances regarding his leaving Chicago Title, The co-worker told plaintiff he had brought wrongful termination actions in Florida state courts. Plaintiff, defendant, and the co-worker met...case. Attached to plaintiff's original petition is the wrongful termination petition that requests damages in an amount greater than $15,000, and this was sufficient "to determine the proper.... at 1352. Plaintiff contends that defendant pleaded "far more" than wrongful termination in the petition, and therefore the holding in Mein was not a bar to...

...). II. Plaintiff Kim Dunn filed this action against defendant TZ Insurance Solutions, LLC, alleging wrongful termination in violation of the Florida Whi.... Stat. § 448.102(3). In order to successfully state a claim under the Florida Whistleblower Act, a plaintiff "must show that (1) he engaged in statutorily protected expression; (2) he suffered an... M.D. Fla. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION Case No. 2:13-cv-292-FtM-29UAM...

...support a disparate treatment claims for which relief can be granted. However, Plaintiff has made allegations which may be sufficient to state a cause of action for wrongful termination under Florida law in a...facie claim for sex discrimination in the termination of employment, a plaintiff must establish that (1) he or she is a member of a protected class; (2) he or she was qualified for the position held... KRISSELLE AKERS, Plaintiff, v. ASTI, INC. d/b/a COACH USE OF SOUTH FLORIDA and GRAYLINE OF ORLANDO and COACH USA SOUTHEAST REGION, a Florida corporation, Defendant...

...workers. The complaint (attachment 1 to Doc. 1) in this case brings six counts: Count I alleges wrongful termination in violation of Title VII; Count II alleges retaliation in violati...Acts; and Count VI alleges retaliation in violation of the Florida Civil Rights Act. In other words, every count of the judicial...judicial complaint for wrongful termination and retaliation should not be barred. Doc. 34, pp. 3-4. The problem with this shifting of the burden of stating a case to...

...Because Her Employment Was at Will. Alexander argues that the district court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendants on her Florida law claim for wrongful...termination. "The established rule in Florida is that when the term of employment is discretionary or indefinite, either party may terminate the employment at any time for any reason or no reason without...termination claim under Florida law. Walton, 862 So. 2d at 855. The district court did not err in granting the defendants summary judgment...

..."), under the Rehabilitation Act ("Act"): (1) wrongful termination; and (2) failure to provide reasonable accommodation for a trip to a business conference in Miami, Florida. The district court granted...was to receive in Florida, and the uncertainty in plans he was required to accept — could support the conclusion that Roberts' refusal to go on the trip was solely because PI failed to offer reasonable accommodation ...PI summary judgment on the wrongful termination claim, and a jury awarded Roberts $85,000 under the reasonable accommodation claim. PI appeals, and Roberts cross-appeals. We affirm in part, reverse in...

...sought injunctive relief and other legal and equitable damages. City Mazda filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that Smith's complaint "in essence, asserts a claim for damages for wrongful termination...Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. Opinion filed May 12, 2004. Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial... STEVENSON, J. We grant appellee's motion for rehearing, withdraw our prior opinion filed in this case on March 3, 2004, and affirm the order of the tri...

...Retaliatory Termination against World Omni), Count 13 (Race Discrimination under FCRA - Wrongful and Retaliatory Termination against JM Family), Count 14 (Race Discrimination in violation of the Florida Ci...Rights Act - Wrongful and Retaliatory Termination against World Omni), Count 15 (National Origin Discrimination in violation of the Florida Civil Rights Act against JM Family), Count 16 (National...activity regarding her disability, the Fourth Amended Complaint alleges that a week before her termination Plaintiff complained about a wrongful suspension. That allegation is included in the section...

...have invoked the CFAA against employees in civil cases. In a recent Florida case, after an employee sued her employer for wrongful termination, the company counterclaimed that plaintiff violated section...wrongful by the fraud and materiality requirements in subsection 1030(a)(4), which punishes whoever: knowingly and with intent to defraud, accesses a protected computer without.... Davis, Law Office of Kathryn M. Davis, Pasadena, CA, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae En Pointe Technologies, Inc., in support of the plaintiff-appellant.Geoffrey M. Howard, David B. Salmons...

..., Faiola has made business trips to Orlando, Florida and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Faiola's wrongful termination allegations stem from events that occurred in February 2007. On.... STAHL, Circuit Judge. Karen Faiola brought suit against her former employer, APCO Graphics, Inc. ("APCO"), for ..." and "all the essential aspects of [her] job." She walked three miles a day, traveled by airplane both for work and pleasure, and in 2006, she took a second job selling insurance. Since her termination...

...(“Johnson”) appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of all three defendants on her Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 wrongful termination claim. We affirm. Great Express...terminated due to her race in violation of the FCRA. In support of her wrongful termination claim, Johnson primarily relies on (1) the fact that her supervisor refused to transfer her to another GEDC...Johnson's FCRA claim for wrongful termination under either standard of proof. Even if Johnson had been able to establish a prima facie case by either method of proof, the burden would...

...division of International Paper Corporation, on his claim for wrongful termination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., the ... Joseph WELLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. XPEDX, a Division of International Paper Co., a foreign corporation authorized to do business in Florida, Defendant-Appellee...which to consider the agreement or 45 days to consider signing if the waiver is offered in connection with an "exit incentive or other employment termination...