STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
v.
TAMMY PATE
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An employee in a retaliatory discharge case must establish a causal link between the adverse employment action and protected activity, and the 'cat's paw' theory of liability is not viable under Bracewell.
[1] In a retaliatory discharge case, an employee must establish a causal connection between the adverse employment action and the protected activity to prevail; the 'cat's pa…
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1228 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017),1 and was not otherwise supported by the evidence. Accordingly, we reverse the final judgment and remand for entry of judgment in favor of the Department.
REVERSED and REMANDED with instructions WOLF, LEWIS, and WETHERELL, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
_____________________________ Ashley Brooke Moody, Attorney General, and Glen A. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Marie A. Mattox, Marie A. Mattox P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.