What You Need to Know

• An employee claimed his co-workers verbally abused him due to his sexual orientation.
• The Third District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded a Miami-Dade County Court ruling that dismissed the complaint with prejudice.
• The appellate ruling empowers employees with the ability to sue an employer that has five or more employees.

A Florida appellate court ruled that Miami-Dade employers who have at least five employees can face a cause of action from one of their workers.

That means AutoZone Investment Corp., the largest U.S. realtor of aftermarket automotive parts, will face a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County in which one of its former employees, Andre White, called out the corporation for alleged verbal abuse its employees subjected him to due to his sexual orientation.

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