Bifulco v. Patient Business & Financial Services, Inc.

In this case, we review the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Bifulco v. Patient Business & Financial Services, Inc., 997 So.2d 1257 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Kelley v. Jackson County Tax Collector, 745 So.2d 1040 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999), and the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Osten v. City of Homestead, 757 So.2d 1243 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). 1 The issue is whether workers’ compensation retaliation claims brought against the State under section 440.205,…