District Court of Appeal of Florida

A judgment for former employee on a whistleblower complaint is reversed where it was an abuse of discretion to deny defendant-county agency's motion for new trial based on juror misconduct in failing to disclose a pending lawsuit involving property the county had taken through eminent domain.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2006
• Published 11/15/2006

Judges

• STONE, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carri S. Leininger of Williams, Leininger & Cosby, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Isidro M. Garcia of Garcia Law Firm, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Marcia K. Lippincott of Marcia K. Lippincott, P.A., Lake Mary, for appellee.