Title: Jennifer Bach v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC01-2598
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JENNIFER BACH, 
Petitioner,
vs.
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.,
Respondent.
[December 19, 2002]
PER CURIAM
 We have for review the Fourth District Court of Appeal's decision in Bach 
v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 808 So. 2d 230 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001), which adopted
the analysis of the Third District Court of Appeal's decision in Woodham v. Blue
Cross & Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., 793 So. 2d 41 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001), quashed,
27 Fla. L. Weekly S834 (Fla. Oct. 10, 2002).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, §
3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418, 420 (Fla. 1981).  For the
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 reasons expressed in our opinion in Woodham v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of
Florida, Inc., 27 Fla. L. Weekly S834 (Fla. Oct. 10, 2002), the decision of the
Fourth District is hereby quashed.  We remand to the district court for proceedings
consistent with this opinion. 
It is so ordered.
ANSTEAD, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, and
CANTERO, JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Direct
Conflict
Fourth District - Case No. 4D01-252
(Palm Beach County)
Stacy Strolla of the Law Offices of Strolla & Strolla, West Palm Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
Lucinda A. Hoffmann of Holland & Knight LLP, Miami, Florida
for Respondent
Richard E. Johnson, Tallahassee, Florida,
for the National Employment Lawyers Association, Florida Chapter,
Amicus Curiae
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Michael J. Farrell, Supervisory Trial Attorney, EEOC Miami District Office, Miami,
Florida; and Susan R. Oxford, Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, Washington, D.C., 
for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae