JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Attorneys for the Jacksonville Jaguars have filed a court motion to dismiss a complaint made by Josh Lambo, the team’s former kicker, claiming a “failure to state a cause of action or exhaust administrative remedies.”
Lambo sued the team in May, seeking his full salary for the last season and damages for emotional distress, following accusations he made of being kicked by former coach Urban Meyer.
His lawsuit claimed that Meyer and the Jaguars created a hostile work environment, and that he was released from his job with the team for speaking up about Meyer kicking and degrading him.
In the court motion, attorneys write about the allegations made by Lambo, and that he claimed the Jaguars violated the Florida Whistleblower Act (FWA) by terminating him for objecting to and reporting Meyer’s “physical battery and assault.”
Attorneys say Meyer is not a whistleblower or victim of retaliation. The motion states that Meyer admitted in his complaint that the Jaguars separated his employment due to an unsatisfactory performance on the field and that Meyer acknowledged his performance “dramatically declined” in the 2021 season.
The motion reads:
“Notwithstanding these admissions and undisputed decline in his performance, Plaintiff has filed this lawsuit refuting Club’s termination for his obvious and extreme decline in on-field performance and its comfort with an alterative kicker, and suing Club based on false claims of retaliation under the Florida...
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