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PATRICIA MACLEAN v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG

15 Fla. L. Weekly d221 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 18, 2002)

Plaintiff began employment with the City of St. Petersburg Police Department on May 20, 1985. In 1999, she was called to testify on behalf of a sergeant under whom she formerly worked in to determine whether the sergeant was entitled to disability benefits. At the hearing, Plaintiff testified that the sergeant was targeted for mistreatment and that Plaintiff feared retaliation from testifying at the hearing.

After the hearing, plaintiff requested overtime pay for the time she testified at the hearing, which Defendant refused to provide. Plaintiff later received the payment, and the police chief requested that the police department investigate the discrimination concerns plaintiff raised. Plaintiff subsequently tendered her resignation, which she attempted to later rescind. The chief did not accept her rescission because the department had already accepted her resignation.

The court found that Plaintiff

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