Admission of “No Action Letter”in EEOC Claim is Considered Reversible by Florida Appellate Court
The Florida Fourth District Curt of Appeals ruled that a trial court’s decision to admit into evidence a Broward County Civil Rights Division “no reasonable cause” determination was an abuse of discretion and constituted reversible error because it was an abuse of disction in admitting the determination letter “because the conclusory nature of the BCCRD’s determination letter left it with little probative value when compared to the substantial prejudicial effect it may have had on the jury’s ultimate assessment of the Plaintiff’s credibility and the pivotal determination as to whether the Plaintiff had indeed provided a doctor’s note to her employer.”
The entire ruling is here.