Legal Opinion
City of Lake Worth v. Walton
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 19, 1984No. 82-2199PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOWNEY, Judge.
Robert Walton, a police officer, sued his employer, the City of Lake Worth, for wrongfully refusing to promote him. Ap-pellee recovered damages in the amount of $75,000, together with $30,000 in attorney’s fees, and the City appeals. Walton cross appeals from the court’s denial of his motion for new trial to obtain additional damages for humiliation and mental anguish.
The background facts leading up to the instant litigation are necessary. In 1973 appellee joined the Lake Worth Police Department as a patrolman. Immediately pri- or to this employment Walton had been in the United…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- John W. Vicory v. Robert R. Walton, Sheriff of Butler County and John F. Holcomb, Butler County ProsecutorCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Alonzo Bonner v. Joseph CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Alonzo Bonner v. Joseph CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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- Lee County v. ZemelDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989