Walker v. City of Pembroke Pines

Full title: JAMES WALKER, Appellant, v. CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, Appellee.

Court: DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT

Date published: Aug 7, 2013

No. 4D12-2675 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Aug. 7, 2013)

Opinion

No. 4D12-2675

08-07-2013

JAMES WALKER, Appellant, v. CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, Appellee.

Mark J. Berkowitz of Mark J. Berkowitz, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Shana H. Bridgeman and James A. Cherof of Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

PER CURIAM

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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 (2004)); see also Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Eghbal, 54 So. 3d 525, 526 (Fla. 3d DCA) (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, 71 So. 3d 117 (Fla. 2011). DAMOORGIAN, C.J., STEVENSON and GERBER, JJ., concur.

Appeal from the State of Florida, Florida Commission on Human Relations; L.T. Case No. 2012-00982.

Mark J. Berkowitz of Mark J. Berkowitz, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Shana H. Bridgeman and James A. Cherof of Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.