HYATT v. LAKE CHARLES MUNICIPAL FIRE, ETC.

No. 7910.

393 So.2d 418 (1980)

Gary HYATT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAKE CHARLES MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Ciambotti and E. R. Robinson, III, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Caskey & Pizzolatto, Jack W. Caskey, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Plauche, Smith, Hebert & Nieset, Allen L. Smith, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendantappellee.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX and SWIFT, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Sergeant Gary Hyatt was suspended without pay from the Lake Charles Police Department on October 22, 1979, by Police Chief Jimmy Gwatney. Hyatt appealed his four-day suspension to the Lake Charles Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board (The Board). The Board conducted a hearing on November 19th and November 21, 1979, after which it concluded that the disciplinary action taken against Hyatt "was made in good faith and for just cause." Hyatt...

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