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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 40
JURIES; PAYMENT OF JURORS AND DUE PROCESS COSTS
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F.S. 40.271
40.271 Jury service.
(1) No person summoned to serve on any grand or petit jury in this state, or accepted to serve on any grand or petit jury in this state, shall be dismissed from employment for any cause because of the nature or length of service upon such jury.
(2) Threats of dismissal from employment for any cause, by an employer or his or her agent to any person summoned for jury service in this state, because of the nature or length of service upon such jury may be deemed a contempt of the court from which the summons issued.
(3) A civil action by the individual who has been dismissed may be brought in the courts of this state for any violation of this section, and said individual shall be entitled to collect not only compensatory damages, but, in addition thereto, punitive damages and reasonable attorney fees for violation of this act.
History.s. 2, ch. 74-379; s. 11, ch. 79-235; s. 251, ch. 95-147.

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