Eckler v. Orange County

763 So.2d 545 (2000)

Pamela J. ECKLER, Appellant,

v.

ORANGE COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D99-2914.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 28, 2000.

John Vernon Head, of John Vernon Head, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Joy Terese C. Carmichael, Fern Park, for Appellee.

HARRIS, J.

Eckler, a sergeant with the Orange County Corrections Department, was terminated for requiring an inmate who, in order to be relocated away from his cellmate, "Spiderman," had intentionally caused his commode to overflow and flood his cell with a quarter inch of standing water to be handcuffed and to lie…