Legal Opinion

Bonnafant v. Chico's FAS, Inc.

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided April 25, 2014No. Case No. 2:13-cv-893-FtM-29CMPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN E. STEELE, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Motion to Remand (Doc. #6) filed on January 6, 2014. Defendant filed a Response in Opposition (Doc. # 11) on January 21, 2014.

Paula Bonnafant (plaintiff or Bonnafant) filed a Complaint (Doc. #3) against Chi-co’s FAS, Inc. (defendant or Chico’s) in state court alleging that Chico’s violated the Florida (Private) Whistle-Blower Act (FWA), Fla. Stat. §§ 448.101-105. Chico’s filed a timely Notice of Removal (Doc. # 1) asserting that the federal court has federal question jurisdiction over the action…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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