CITY OF MIAMI v. KORY

No. 80-1474.

394 So.2d 494 (1981)

CITY OF MIAMI, Florida, a Municipal Corporation; Howard Gary, As Director of the Department of Management and Budget of the City of Miami; and Manohar S. Surana, As Assistant Director of the Department of Management and Budget of the City of Miami, Florida, Appellants, v. Delores KORY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson and Peter J. Hurtgen, for appellants.

Weinsoff & Klausner and Robert D. Klausner, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

This is an appeal by the City of Miami from a declaratory judgment, rendered after a non-jury trial, which determined that Delores Kory's resignation as a probationary city employee was void because it was executed under duress. We reverse.

The facts are almost entirely undisputed. Under the civil service rules, an employee may be discharged without cause or explanation at any time during the first six months of employment, after which he...

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