Administrative

Protected school rezoning plan from challenge.

Parents of school students sought a permanent injunction enjoining implementation of a high school rezoning plan. The trial court ruled in favor of the school board, and the parents appealed. Ms. Lippincott successfully represented the school board on appeal.

The Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for the school board, ruling that it did not violate the Florida Sunshine Law in enacting this rezoning plan, or the board remedied any violation by holding a full and open public hearing.

Reversed revocation of doctor’s medical license.

The medical license of a doctor was revoked by the State Board of Medicine, based in part upon the admission into evidence of a patient’s lie detector test results.

Ms. Lippincott successfully represented the doctor on appeal, reversing the license revocation. This matter was remanded for a new trial because polygraph (lie detector) results are not admissible in administrative hearings.