DAHL v. ECKERD FAMILY YOUTH ALTERNATIVES, INC.

No. 2D02-1382.

843 So.2d 956 (2003)

Elaine DAHL, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. ECKERD FAMILY YOUTH ALTERNATIVES, INC., a Florida Corporation d/b/a Eckerd Youth Development Center, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Coolman Amlong and Jennifer Daley of Amlong & Amlong, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Steven G. Burton, David W. Adams, and Lisa Griffin Hodgdon of Broad & Cassel, Tampa, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Frederick W. Ford, West Palm Beach, for Amicus Curiae National Employment Lawyers Association, Florida Chapter.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

Elaine Dahl, a psychologist who worked for Eckerd Youth Development Center (Eckerd), a private rehabilitative school for juvenile offenders, sued her employer in federal court, asserting violations of her First Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and, pursuant to the federal district court's supplemental jurisdiction, violations of Florida's private-sector whistleblower act, sections 448.101-105, Florida Statutes (1999). Ultimately the federal...

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