Case: Individual Employment Rights/Retaliation (S.D. Fla.)

Jan. 20, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

A Florida federal district court granted Tequesta Country Club’s motion to vacate default judgment on a groundskeeper’s worker’s compensation retaliation claim under Fla. Stat. § 440.205 and discriminatory retaliation claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, finding that service was never properly perfected as the return of service was facially invalid, and that the plaintiff with lower back pain made misrepresentations to the court regarding conferral attempts with the defendant.

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