Legal Opinion
Champion International Corp. v. Wideman
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 27, 1999No. 98-1879PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtPadovano, J.
This is an appeal from a final order of the Florida Commission on Human Relations directing the employer to offer the claimant a position he was denied as a result of employment discrimination and awarding the claimant back pay and other employee benefits. We conclude that the claimant is no longer entitled to the position he sought and that the Commission made two errors in computing the amount of the back pay award: (1) back pay should have ceased when the employer made an unconditional offer of similar employment and (2) the claimant’s overtime earnings should have been deducted from the…
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- Junior Ray Duckworth, Cross-Appellants v. Gayle Franzen, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- William E. BING, for Himself and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC., Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Weaver v. Casa Gallardo, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Florida Dept. of Community Affairs v. BryantDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
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- Stanley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999