Florida Statute 440.205 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 440
WORKERS' COMPENSATION

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F.S. 440.205

440.205 Coercion of employees.—No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce any employee by reason of such employee’s valid claim for compensation or attempt to claim compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Law.

History.—s. 17, ch. 79-40; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1.

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Amendments to 440.205

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 440.205

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 440.205.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 440.205

Total Results: 20

RETAIL DETAIL MERCHANDISING, LLC v. DIANE MURPHY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-11-09T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: Act (count two), and retaliation under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2020) (count three). Murphy

MATHIEU FRANCOIS v. JFK MEDICAL CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-08-30T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: Partnership (“JFK Medical”) on Francois’s section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2020), workers’ compensation…retaliation for his work-related injury under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2020). JFK Medical moved for… the business judgment rule in another section 440.205 case, Salus v. Island Hospitality Florida Management…Workers’ Compensation Retaliation Claims Section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2020), creates a cause of action…reason was false, and that [retaliation] 3 Section 440.205 states: “No employer shall discharge, threaten

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY v. KEISHA GUYTON

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-08-02T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: complaint, alleging that the County violated section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2018), because it terminated…finding that Miami-Dade discharged 1 Section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2018), provides: “No employer…actions for a retaliatory discharge under section 440.205 are often ill suited to final disposition on a

WILLIAM SALUS v. ISLAND HOSPITALITY FLORIDA MANAGEMENT, INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2020-01-14T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: s claim of retaliatory discharge under section 440.205, Florida Statutes. In interpreting the statute,… claim for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205. Subsequently, the employee filed a petition for…termination, this Court finds he is not as Fla. Stat. § 440.205 requires a showing of a statutorily protected… of retaliation pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 440.205, [the employer] is entitled to final summary…, 863 So. 2d 287, 289 (Fla. 2003). Section 440.205, states: “No employer shall discharge, threaten

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases—report No. 17-04

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-11-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 230 So. 3d 815

Snippet: to provision of workers’ compensation act, F.S. 440.205). FORM 4. MODEL FORM OF VERDICT FOR STATUTE

Atha v. Allen P. Van Overbeke, D.M.D., P.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-03-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 213 So. 3d 1073, 2017 WL 945530, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3221

Snippet: plead a facially sufficient violation of section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2011), for workers’ compensation…pleaded a legally sufficient violation of section 440.205 and reverse. Florida Rule of Civil Procedure…of action is reviewed de novo. Id. Section 440.205 provides, “No employer shall discharge, threaten…workers’ compensation retaliation under section 440.205, the plaintiff must prove the following elements…compensation benefits and in violation of Section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2011). Taken in conjunction

Reyes v. Aqua Life Corp., Etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-12-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 209 So. 3d 47, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18360

Snippet: compensation retaliation filed pursuant to section 440.205 of the Florida Statutes; and (2) for unpaid overtime

Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. v. Amaya

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-07-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 201 So. 3d 173, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10682

Snippet: workers’ compensation claim in violation of section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2008) (“retaliation claim”).

Robles v. Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-07-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 197 So. 3d 1196, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10697, 2016 WL 3745543

Snippet: a claim of wrongful termination under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2014), otherwise known as Florida

Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. v. Amaya

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-03-01T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: workers’ compensation claim in violation of section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2008) (“retaliation claim”)

AMS Staff Leasing, Inc. v. Robert F. Taylor and Diamond K Resources, LLC, a limited liability company

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-03-03T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: action for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2012). The arbitration agreement… retaliatory discharge in violation of section 440.205, Florida Statutes. Arbitration of such a claim …does not defeat the remedial purpose of section 440.205, Florida Statutes. Thus, we conclude that the arbitration

AMS Staff Leasing, Inc. v. Robert F. Taylor and Diamond K Resources3

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-01-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 158 So. 3d 682, 39 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 989, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 146

Snippet: action for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2012). The arbitration … retaliatory discharge in violation of section 440.205, Florida Statutes. Arbitration of such a claim …does not defeat the remedial purpose of section 440.205, Florida Statutes. Thus, we conclude that the arbitration

Hornfischer v. Manatee County Sheriff's Office

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-02-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 136 So. 3d 703, 37 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1282, 2014 WL 538698, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 1826

Snippet: claim for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2006). Because the MCSO failed…the MCSO for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205. The MCSO answered the complaint and alleged that…MCSO is based on an alleged violation of section 440.205. The statute provides as follows: No employer shall…). In order to establish a claim under section 440.205, the employee’s pursuit of workers’ compensation…essential to a recovery under the statute. Section 440.205 creates a cause of action for intimidation or coercion

Hernandez v. Colonial Grocers, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-10-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 124 So. 3d 408, 21 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 828, 2013 WL 5762986, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 17051

Snippet: violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act1 and section 440.205, Flori*409da Statutes (2010), of the Florida Workers

Audio Visual Innovations, Inc. v. Spiessbach

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-08-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 119 So. 3d 522, 36 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 814, 2013 WL 4253239, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 12860

Snippet: discharge which was filed pursuant to section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2011). AVI argues that the trial… would defeat the remedial purposes of section 440.205. And AVI claims that it was entitled to arbitration… retaliatory discharge in violation of section 440.205.1 Spiessbach had injured his back by moving a heavy…concluding that “[t]he remedial purposes of Section 440.205, Fla. Stat., would be defeated by the parties’ …found defeated the remedial purposes of section 440.205. However, our review of this issue is not thwarted

Burt v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-07-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 92 So. 3d 302, 2012 WL 2913157, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 11675

Snippet: workers’ compensation claim, in violation of section 440.205, Florida Statutes. The trial court entered summary

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases—Report No. 2011-01 (Unlawful Retaliation)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2012-07-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 95 So. 3d 106, 2012 WL 2848897

Snippet: to provision of workers’ compensation act, F.S. 440.205). 415.13 DEFENSE ISSUE ON DAMAGES (MITIGATION-DISCHARGE

Llanes v. Central Transport, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-03-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 57 So. 3d 923, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3900, 2011 WL 1007500

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 440.205, Fla. Stat. (2008); Volusia County v. Aberdeen at Ormond

Bifulco v. Patient Business & Financial Services, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-06-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 39 So. 3d 1255, 30 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1689, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 368, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 989, 2010 WL 2518200

Snippet: claims brought against the State under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2004), are subject to the presuit…action brought against the State under section 440.205.[3] I. BACKGROUND Patient Business & Financial…x27; compensation claim in violation of section 440.205, Florida Statutes. Id. The trial court granted …complaint for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205 because the plaintiff had not complied with the…action for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205 is clearly a `tort' within the meaning of

Ortega v. Engineering System Technology, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-01-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 30 So. 3d 525, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 272, 2010 WL 173558

Snippet: valid workers' compensation claim. See § 440.205, Fla. Stat. (2007).[1] Engineering Systems *527…on a retaliatory discharge claim under section 440.205 of the Florida Workers' Compensation Laws,…complete defense to a retaliation claim under section 440.205 of the Florida Statutes. We underscore that in