DEPT. OF HEALTH AND REHAB. v. Irven

724 So.2d 698 (1999)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant,

v.

Karen IRVEN, Appellee.

No. 97-05373

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 22, 1999.

David H. McClain of McClain & Associates, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Sylvia H. Walbolt, Peter J. Winders, and J. Kevin Carey of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

In this "whistle-blower" action, appellant, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS), challenges the final judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of its former…