Perez Escalona v. City of Miami Beach

Appellant Miguel V. Perez Escalona worked as an engineer and project coordinator for Appellee City of Miami. Beach. After the City terminated his employment, Perez Escalona sued the City under Florida’s Whistle-blower’s Act, section 112.3187 of' the Florida Statutes. Perez Escalona maintained that his termination was a retaliation for ’ his reporting his concerns about a City water line construction project for which he served as project coordinator,. The trial court entered judgment on the pleadings in. favor of the. City, holding that the pleadings conclusively established that Perez…