FLORIDA DEPT. OF EDUCATION v. GARRISON

No. 1D06-2312.

954 So.2d 84 (2007)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Appellant, v. Janet GARRISON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Woodring, General Counsel, and Timothy D. Osterhaus, Assistant General Counsel of the Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Marie A. Mattox of Marie A. Mattox, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.


ALLEN, J.

In this action brought under Florida's Public "Whistle-blower's Act," sections 112.3187-112.31895, Florida Statutes, the Florida Department of Education challenges a final judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of its former employee, Janet Garrison. We affirm the final judgment and write briefly only to explain that section 768.28, Florida Statutes, has no application in connection with a claim under the Public Whistle-blower's Act ("the Act")....

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