Florida Statute 92.57 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VII
EVIDENCE

Chapter 92
WITNESSES, RECORDS, AND DOCUMENTS

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F.S. 92.57

92.57 Termination of employment of witness prohibited.—A person who testifies in a judicial proceeding in response to a subpoena may not be dismissed from employment because of the nature of the person’s testimony or because of absences from employment resulting from compliance with the subpoena. In any civil action arising out of a violation of this section, the court may award attorney’s fees and punitive damages to the person unlawfully dismissed, in addition to actual damages suffered by such person.

History.—s. 1, ch. 90-185.

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Cases Citing Statute 92.57

Total Results: 5

Ashworth v. Glades Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners

379 F. Supp. 3d 1244

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: May 3, 2019 | Docket: 64324359

Cited 177 times | Published

II for "Unlawful Retaliation in Violation of Section 92.57, Florida Statutes." (Doc. 2 at 7). On December

MacLean v. City of St. Petersburg

194 F. Supp. 2d 1290, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5275, 2002 WL 480903

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 18, 2002 | Docket: 2475725

Cited 10 times | Published

proceeding" for the purposes of Florida Statutes, Section 92.57; that Plaintiff has no evidence to support her

Bidon v. DEPT. OF PRO. REGULATION, FLA. REAL ESTATE COMM.

596 So. 2d 450, 1992 WL 56478

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 1992 | Docket: 2515364

Cited 7 times | Published

reasonable attorney fees for violation of this act"); § 92.57, Fla. Stat. (1991) ("court may award attorney's

Wiggins v. Southern Management Corp.

629 So. 2d 1022, 1993 WL 538231

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 29, 1993 | Docket: 1264168

Cited 5 times | Published

appellant's sister and that such termination violated section 92.57, Florida Statutes (1991). Southern filed a motion

ALEX NUNES v. VALERIE HERSCHMAN, etc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 6, 2021 | Docket: 29084948

Published

alleging, in part, a cause of action under section 92.57, Florida Statutes (2017), which states that