context: I do not believe the evidence is sufficient to demonstrate an indispensible element of a retaliation claim: that is, that the decision makers actually knew of the employee's complaint so that their adverse action could have been causally related to that protected activity. See Gibbons v. State Pub. Emps.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 2010 WL 1328995, *2
citation_a.parenthetical: "A court will not presume that a decisionmaker was motivated to retaliate by something unknown to him or her."
citation_a.sentence: Relations Comm’n, 702 So.2d 536, 537 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997) (“The plaintiff, at a minimum, must establish that the employer was aware of the protected expression when it took the adverse employment action.”); see also Johnson v. State of Florida, Dep’t of Elder Affairs, 2010 WL 1328995, *2 (N.D.Fla.2010) (“A court will not presume that a decisionmaker was motivated to retaliate by something unknown to him or her.”); Brown v. Sybase, Inc., 287 F.Supp.2d 1330, 1347 (S.D.Fla.2003).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 702 So.2d 536, 537
citation_b.parenthetical: "The plaintiff, at a minimum, must establish that the employer was aware of the protected expression when it took the adverse employment action."
citation_b.sentence: Relations Comm’n, 702 So.2d 536, 537 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997) (“The plaintiff, at a minimum, must establish that the employer was aware of the protected expression when it took the adverse employment action.”); see also Johnson v. State of Florida, Dep’t of Elder Affairs, 2010 WL 1328995, *2 (N.D.Fla.2010) (“A court will not presume that a decisionmaker was motivated to retaliate by something unknown to him or her.”); Brown v. Sybase, Inc., 287 F.Supp.2d 1330, 1347 (S.D.Fla.2003).