On Rehearing Denied
COPE, J.
On consideration of the appellee's motion for rehearing we withdraw the court's previous opinion and substitute the following opinion.
Stephen P. Roland appeals an order dismissing his Florida whistleblower lawsuit on grounds of federal preemption. We conclude that federal law authorizes a railroad employee to invoke the protection of a state whistleblower statute. That being so, there is no federal preemption...
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