Case Name: Jose VILLAVICENCIO, Appellant, v. SIEMENS POWER TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-03-10
Citations: 867 So. 2d 628
Docket Number: No. 3D03-2791
Parties: Jose VILLAVICENCIO, Appellant, v. SIEMENS POWER TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 867
Pages: 628–629

Head Matter:
Jose VILLAVICENCIO, Appellant, v. SIEMENS POWER TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION, INC., Appellee.
No. 3D03-2791.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 10, 2004.
J.H. Zidell, for appellant.
Thomas R. Brice and McGuire Woods (Jacksonville), for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this action for retaliatory discharge under section 440.205, Florida Statutes (2001), the trial court entered summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiff made neither a "valid claim for compensation or attempt to claim compensation under the Workers' Compensation Law" so as to invoke the protection of the statute. § 440.205, Fla. Stat. (2001). We agree and affirm.