Three Orlando Police Officers File Discrimination Suits Over Alleged Comp Retaliation

Three Florida police officers allege that their treatment after filing workers' compensation claims forms the basis for sexual discrimination lawsuits. The three police officers from Orlando contend that they were retaliated against and made to work in degrading conditions after they were injured on the job and given light-duty assignments. Officers Dolores Bracero, Elizabeth Waba-Daniels and Cheryl Middleton have filed federal complaints and lawsuits against the Orlando Police Department. They allege a pattern of discrimination, which included a practice of sending officers to work in t...