CITY OF HOLLYWOOD v. HAKANSON

No. 4D02-4674.

866 So.2d 106 (2004)

The CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. Gary HAKANSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Abbott, City Attorney, and Robert M. Oldershaw, Hollywood, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


STONE, J.

Gary Hakanson, former risk manager for the city of Hollywood, obtained a declaratory judgment against the city. The judgment established that Frank Yamout, president of the Hollywood civil service board, to which Hakanson filed an appeal after his employment was terminated, had received an undisclosed ex-parte communication which triggered a presumption of prejudice pursuant to section 286.0115, Florida Statutes. We reverse.

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