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: Florida Workers’ Compensation Law BlogSchool Board Employee Not Guilty of Fraud; Entitled to Job Reinstatement
By David A. McCranie, Esq.
As I noted here and here, the Escambia County School Board fired its employee, Jackie Fowler, on the grounds that Ms. Fowler had committed workers' compensation fraud, even after an administrative law judge ("ALJ") had concluded that she was not guilty of the offense. The First DCA has now reversed the Board's decision, holding that because the ALJ's findings of fact were supported by competent substantial evidence, the Board could not reject those findings in making its decision. Fowler v. Escambia County School Board.
Full post as published by Florida Workers’ Compensation Law Blog on October 23, 2008 (boomark / email).
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