AM. FED. OF GOV. EMPLOYEES v. DeGRIO

No. 82-1865.

454 So.2d 632 (1984)

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, Appellant, v. Joella DeGRIO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steel, Hector & Davis and Arthur J. England, Jr., Harold D. Smith, Miami, for appellant.

Hershoff & Levy and Jay Levy, George M. Nachwalter, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ., and FERRIS, JOHN G., Associate Judge.


NESBITT, Judge.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) appeals a final judgment finding it liable for negligent infliction of emotional distress and awarding damages in the amount of $400,000. We reverse.

Joella DeGrio, the plaintiff below and appellee herein, was hired by the United States Government in 1961 as a civilian clerk to the United States Army. She was advised on June 15, 1976 that her employment was terminated effective June 25...

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