Hornfischer v. Manatee County Sheriff's Office

WALLACE, Judge.

Philip Hornfíscher challenges a final summary judgment entered in favor of his former employer, the Manatee County Sheriffs Office (the MCSO), on Mr. Horn-fischer’s claim for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2006). Because the MCSO failed to establish the nonexistence of a genuine issue of material fact concerning whether its discharge of Mr. Hornfischer and his filing of workers’ compensation claims were causally related, we reverse the final summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.

I. THE FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 2000, Mr.…