BEMBANASTE v. CITY OF HOLLYWOOD

No. 78-2458.

394 So.2d 1053 (1981)

James BEMBANASTE, Appellant, v. CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, Florida, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Florida, and Sam D. Martin, As Police Chief of the City of Hollywood, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Kopel, Hollywood, for appellant.

Sherman Bennett Mayor, City Atty. and Andrew DeGraffenreidt, III, Asst. City Atty., Hollywood, for appellee-City of Hollywood.


HURLEY, Judge.

James Bembanaste, plaintiff in the trial court, appeals from an adverse summary final judgment. We affirm.

The proof below established that appellant was employed, on a probationary status, as a police officer with the City of Hollywood. On January 3, 1978, he was interrogated by two senior officers of the Hollywood Police Department regarding an incident which involved overtime pay. The next day he received a written notice of termination which...

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