MARTIN COUNTY v. EDENFIELD

No. 78768.

609 So.2d 27 (1992)

MARTIN COUNTY, Petitioner, v. Willie EDENFIELD, Sr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Richeson and Joseph J. Mancini of Richeson and Brown, P.A., Fort Pierce, for petitioner.

W. Trent Steele and Philip M. Burlington of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

John J. Copelan, Jr., Co. Atty., Alexander Cocalis, Chief Trial Counsel, and Andrea Karns Hoffman and Maite Azcoitia, Asst. Co. Attys., Fort Lauderdale, amicus curiae for Broward County.


KOGAN, Justice.

We have for review Edenfield v. Martin County, 583 So.2d 1097 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), which certified the following question of great public importance1:

In an action brought under the Whistle-Blower's Act, must summary judgment against plaintiffs be granted when plaintiffs participated in the wrongdoing they disclosed?

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4...

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