A Florida appeals court sided with an auto body shop on Wednesday, reversing a circuit court’s final judgment for an employee who claimed to be wrongfully terminated when he repeatedly referred to a respiratory mask as a “KKK hood.”

Master Collision Repair Inc., doing business as Gerber Collision, sought review the circuit court’s final judgment awarding damages to the former employee, Michael Waller, who claimed he was improperly terminated after he used the offensive term multiple times.