Cameron v. Fraternal Order of Police

Summary

Police officer who was President of the Fraternal Order of Police for Florida from 1996-2004, alleged that he lost his job and was defamed and humiliated by false statements on June 24, 2005, publicly accusing him of fraud and misappropriation of funds.

The defendants asserted the the plaintiff had abused his position by getting reimbursed for attending pension seminars that were not part of his job, and they were obligated to terminate his position.

The jury found for the plaintiff on breach of employment contract and defamation claims, and awarded damages in excess of $300,000.

Outcome

Found for the Plaintiff

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Cameron, Phillip
Defense: Florida State Lodge of Fraternal Police

Judge: Leroy Moe
Jurisdiction: 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Judicial Complex

Case Number: CACE05015197
Industry: Law Enforcement
Practice Area: Employment Law, Defamation, Tort Law, Business Organizations

Plaintiff

Cameron, Phillip

Represented By:
Kelly, John (The Kelly Group)

Defense

Florida State Lodge of Fraternal Police

Represented By:
Phillips, Kathleen (Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A.)
Buschel, Robert (Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler)

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:18:00	Opening Statement	Kelly, John
01:04:00	Opening Statement	Buschel, Robert
01:26:10	Opening Statement	Phillips, Kathleen
01:34:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Dean, Mr. Ralph	In Person

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Dean, Mr. Ralph	In Person
		00:52:20	Witness Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Dean, Mr. Ralph	In Person

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:01	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Dean, Mr. Ralph	In Person
		00:15:22	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Dean, Mr. Ralph	In Person
00:24:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Dean, Mr. Ralph	In Person
00:36:50	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Bartholome, John	In Person
00:43:20	Witness Cross Examination	Buschel, Robert	Bartholome, John	In Person
00:46:15	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cobb, Charles	In Person
01:00:15	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:35	General Case Activities
00:01:15	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Stein, Mr. Donald	In Person
00:16:40	Witness Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Stein, Mr. Donald	In Person
00:32:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Stein, Mr. Donald	In Person
00:34:20	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Stein, Mr. Donald	In Person
00:36:05	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, Bruce	Seidert, Doris	In Person

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Puleo,	In Person
00:03:10	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Puleo, Mr. Joe	In Person
00:13:50	Witness Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Puleo, Mr. Joe	In Person

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Seidert, Doris	In Person
00:11:45	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Perez, Richard	In Person
00:17:20	Witness Cross Examination	Buschel, Robert	Perez, Richard	In Person
00:27:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Perez, Richard	In Person
00:31:30	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Arrojo, Jose	In Person
00:49:20	Witness Cross Examination	Buschel, Robert	Arrojo, Jose	In Person
00:58:50	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Mann, Mr. James	Transcript Reading

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Mack, Kenneth	In Person
00:19:15	Witness Cross Examination	Buschel, Robert	Mack, Kenneth	In Person
00:24:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Mack, Kenneth	In Person

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
		00:20:20	Witness Cross Examination	Buschel, Robert	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	Start of Session
00:00:07	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Williams, Mr. Doug	In Person
00:06:40	Witness Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Williams, Mr. Doug	In Person
00:09:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Williams, Mr. Doug	In Person
00:10:02
00:14:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
00:26:40	Break
00:28:20	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
00:55:18	Break
00:55:42	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
01:01:19	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:01	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
		01:02:20	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:01:45	General Case Activities
		00:03:15	Witness Direct Examination	Buschel, Robert	DeHart, Keri	In Person

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
		00:57:00	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	Witness Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
00:03:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
00:23:28	Break
00:24:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
00:40:13	Witness Cross Examination	Buschel, Robert	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
00:49:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
00:50:50	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John		Transcript Reading
01:02:21	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:02:45	General Case Activities
00:03:40	Witness Direct Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Hachigan, George	In Person
00:08:30	Witness Direct Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Preston, James	In Person
00:24:46	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, John	Preston, James	In Person
00:31:45	Witness Direct Examination	Buschel, Robert	Mann, Mr. James	In Person
00:43:10	Witness Direct Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Mann, Mr. James	In Person
00:52:24	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, John	Mann, Mr. James	In Person

PM Session

Closings

1 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Buschel, Robert	Mann, Mr. James	In Person
00:01:27	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, John	Mann, Mr. James	In Person
00:02:34	Witness Direct Examination	Buschel, Robert	Klapka, Mr. Stephen	In Person
00:08:24	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, John	Klapka, Mr. Stephen	In Person
00:14:37	Break
00:15:45	Witness Direct Examination	Buschel, Robert	Garcia, Martin	In Person
00:39:46	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, John	Garcia, Martin	In Person
00:49:14	Witness Direct Examination	Buschel, Robert	Cameron, Mr. Philip	Read Document
00:56:42	General Case Activities
00:57:36	End of Session

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

JUN

Cameron v. Fraternal Order of Police

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Sessions

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Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:55	General Case Activities
00:02:20	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, John	Mann, Mr. James	Transcript Reading
01:01:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:11	Witness Cross Examination	Buschel, Robert	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person
00:27:50	Witness Cross Examination	Phillips, Kathleen	Cameron, Mr. Philip	In Person

	Description	Attorney
00:00:01	Start of Session
00:00:56	Closing Statement	Buschel, Robert
00:27:53	Closing Statement	Phillips, Kathleen
00:46:28	Closing Statement	Kelly, John
00:55:14	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:04	Start of Session
		00:00:28	Reading of the Verdict
		00:06:58	End of Session