O'NEAL v. FLA. A & M UNIVERSITY EX REL. BD. OF TRUSTEES

No. 1D07-2466.

989 So.2d 6 (2008)

Dedra B. Azonobi O'NEAL, Appellant, v. FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY, by and through the BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie A. Mattox, Tallahassee and Richard E. Johnson, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Carl R. Peterson, Jr., of Skelding, Labasky, Corry, Eastman, Hauser, & Jolly, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BENTON, J.

We hold that a right to compensation for wages lost on account of wrongful termination of employment is a right "of the sort traditionally enforceable in an action at law," reverse the judgment below, which was entered after a non-jury trial, and remand with directions to reinstate the plaintiff's demand for trial by jury. King Mountain Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Gundlach, 425 So.2d 569, 571 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).

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