ECKLER v. ORANGE COUNTY

No. 5D99-2914.

763 So.2d 545 (2000)

Pamela J. ECKLER, Appellant, v. ORANGE COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Vernon Head, of John Vernon Head, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Joy Terese C. Carmichael, Fern Park, for Appellee.


HARRIS, J.

Eckler, a sergeant with the Orange County Corrections Department, was terminated for requiring an inmate who, in order to be relocated away from his cellmate, "Spiderman," had intentionally caused his commode to overflow and flood his cell with a quarter inch of standing water to be handcuffed and to lie face down in the water. Eckler also stepped on the inmate's back pushing his face to the floor. When the inmate spat out water, Eckler was found to have...

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