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DEPT. OF HEALTH AND REHAB. v. IRVEN

No. 97-05373

724 So.2d 698 (1999)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Karen IRVEN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. McClain of McClain & Associates, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Sylvia H. Walbolt, Peter J. Winders, and J. Kevin Carey of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

In this "whistle-blower" action, appellant, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS), challenges the final judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of its former employee, appellee, Karen Irven. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

Appellee Irven was formerly employed as a Child Protective Investigator with HRS. She was discharged from her employment effective August 25, 1994, and subsequently filed her...

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