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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a retired Florida firefighter does not have standing to sue her former employer for disability discrimination because the discriminatory act occurred after her employment concluded. The suit was brought by former Sanford firefighter Karyn Stanley, who retired on a non-line of duty disability pension in 2018.

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A lawsuit filed by a disabled Florida firefighter challenging a limitation on her eligibility for a city-paid health plan in retirement has been dismissed. Karyn D. Stanley claimed that the City of Sanford violated a state law and the Equal Protection clause by discontinuing the payment of health care premiums for disabled firefighters twenty-four months after their date of retirement.

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