DeGRIO v. AMERICAN FED. OF GOV. EMPLOYEES

No. 65888.

484 So.2d 1 (1986)

Joella DeGRIO, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Nachwalter, and Jay M. Levy of Hershoff and Levy, Miami, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Arthur J. England, Jr. of Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block and England, Miami, and Harold D. Smith of the Law Offices of Harold D. Smith, P.A., Hollywood, for respondent/cross-petitioner.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition to review American Federation of Government Employees v. DeGrio, 454 So.2d 632 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), holding that a federal employee could not recover damages from a union for mental or physical injuries allegedly resulting from emotional distress caused by a national union representative's negligent failure to appear and represent her at a job termination hearing. In its holding, the district...

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