PALM BEACH CTY. SCHOOL BD. v. WRIGHT

No. 4D16-112.

217 So.3d 163 (2017)

PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Appellant, v. Leha ("Bonnie") WRIGHT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JulieAnn Rico , Office of General Counsel, and Jean Marie Middleton and Sean Fahey , West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Isidro M. Garcia of Garcia Law Firm, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The Palm Beach County School Board appeals an adverse judgment on a retaliation claim. It argues the trial court erred in its instruction to the jury on causation. We agree and reverse. Because this requires us to adopt a new standard on causation in line with the United States Supreme Court's decision in University of Texas Southwestern...

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