Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2013

Walker v. City of Pembroke Pines

Walker v. City of Pembroke Pines
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 7, 2013 · Damoorgian, Gerber, Stevenson
134 So. 3d 1051; 2013 WL 4007063; 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 12346 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Walker v. City of Pembroke Pines

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See City of Hollywood v. Hogan, 986 So.2d 634, 641-42 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) (adopting federal ADEA analysis for age discrimination claim under Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992; stating “[a]ge discrimination statutes protect only employment decisions which disadvantage an older worker in favor of a younger worker”) (citing Gen. Dynamics Land Sys., Inc. v. Cline, 540 U.S. 581, 124 S.Ct. 1236, 157 L.Ed.2d 1094 (2004)); see also Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Eghbal, 54 So.3d 525, 526 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (adopting federal analysis for state age discrimination claim, including the requirement that, to state a prima facie case, plaintiff must prove “the position was filled by a worker who was substantially younger than the plaintiff’), review denied, Miami-Dade County v. Eghbal, 71 So.3d 117 (Fla. 2011).

DAMOORGIAN, C.J., STEVENSON and GERBER, JJ., concur.

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