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A Florida choose has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former NFL kicker Josh Lambo towards the Jacksonville Jaguars through which he sought again pay and damages for emotional misery allegedly inflicted by the group’s former head coach City Meyer, whom he accused of making a “hostile work surroundings.”
The lawsuit, filed in Might within the Fourth Judicial Circuit Courtroom in Duval County, was dismissed with out prejudice by Choose G.L. Feltel Jr. on November 8, in keeping with courtroom data.
Lambo was given 21 days to file an amended criticism. Lambo’s lawyer, Betsy Brown, instructed CNN her shopper intends to take action.
The choose tossed the case after the Jaguars filed a movement in July to dismiss the lawsuit, contending Lambo “just isn’t a whistleblower or a sufferer of retaliation,” as he argued within the criticism.
The Jaguars stated Lambo admitted within the criticism that the membership “separated his employment attributable to his unsatisfactory efficiency on the soccer discipline.”
The group claimed that whereas Lambo’s go well with alleged wrongdoing on Meyer’s half, it failed “to indicate Meyer’s actions had been dedicated throughout the scope of his employment or ratified by the group.”
Additional, the group argued the alleged conduct Lambo complained about was not protected exercise underneath the Florida Whistleblower Act.
CNN has reached out to the Jaguars for remark.
Within the lawsuit, Lambo stated that in a observe in August 2021, Meyer “kicked him within the leg, and used profanity to insult (him) and warn him to make his kicks. Particularly, (Meyer) allegedly screamed at (Lambo), ‘Hey Dips**t, make your f**king kicks!’”
Lambo responded to Meyer, telling the coach, “‘Don’t you ever f**king kick me once more!’ [Meyer] responded, “I’m the top ball coach, I’ll kick you each time the f**okay I would like,’” in keeping with the lawsuit
Meyer denied Lambo’s allegations to the Tampa Bay Instances in December.
“Josh’s characterization of me and this incident is totally inaccurate, and there are eyewitnesses to refute his account,” Meyer instructed the paper. “(Normal supervisor) Trent (Baalke) and I met with him on a number of events to encourage his efficiency, and this was by no means introduced up. I used to be totally supportive of Josh throughout his time with the group and want him nothing however the very best.”
The lawsuit alleged Lambo knowledgeable the Jaguars concerning the incident via his agent, Richard Irvin, however the group “didn’t provoke an investigation” nor “intervene within the shut working circumstances” between the 2.
The Jaguars minimize Lambo in October after the kicker missed all three of his field-goal makes an attempt within the first three weeks of the 2021 season. Lambo’s lawsuit stated his missed discipline objectives “didn’t trigger any losses for the Jaguars.”
In line with the lawsuit, Lambo claimed his launch violated the Florida Personal Sector Whistle-blower’s Act “regarding assault, battery, and office violence in furtherance of an employer’s curiosity.”
After he was minimize, the lawsuit alleged, Lambo “suffered skilled ramifications together with misplaced wages, advantages and different remuneration, in addition to excessive emotional and psychological misery due to the harassment, hostile work surroundings, and retaliation” by the Jaguars.
The Jaguars fired Meyer in December 2021 after 13 video games (2-11) in his first NFL teaching season.
