Segal v. Arrow Industries Corp.
| Decision Date | 14 November 1978 |
| Docket Number | No. 77-2580,77-2580 |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
| Parties | 115 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 4618 Norman SEGAL, Appellant, v. ARROW INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, Appellee. |
Chonin & Segor and Marilyn Sher, Coral Gables, for appellant.
Virgin, Whittle, Garbis & Gilmour, Miami, for appellee.
Before PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.
The plaintiff filed a complaint seeking damages from his employer claiming a right of action for being wrongfully discharged from his employment where his employment was terminated because he filed a claim for workman's compensation benefits. The trial court dismissed the complaint, and we affirm.
Plaintiff admits that no Florida case supports a cause of action for retaliatory discharge of private employment where, as here, the employment was oral and terminable by either the employer or the employee at any time. Nevertheless, plaintiff asserts that the cause of action should exist and relies upon the reasoning in Frampton v. Central Indiana Gas Company, 60 Ind. 249, 297 N.E.2d 425 (1973); 1 and Sventko v. Kroger Company, 69 Mich.App. 644, 245 N.W.2d 151 (1976). 2 We decline to follow the reasoning of these cases and affirm upon authority of DeMarco v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 360 So.2d 134, 136 (Fla.3d DCA 1978), and cases cited thereat.
Affirmed.
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