GRUENING v. PINOTTI

No. C3-86-457.

392 N.W.2d 670 (1986)

Ronald E. GRUENING, Respondent, v. Floyd N. PINOTTI, individually, Respondent, Floyd N. Pinotti as Sheriff of Chisago County and the County of Chisago, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied October 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Sicheneder, Christiansen, Jennings & Sicheneder, P.A., North Branch, for Ronald E. Gruening.

James E. Snoxell, Henningson, Peterson & Associates, Ltd., Minneapolis, for Floyd N. Pinotti.

James T. Reuter, Chisago Co. Atty.'s Office, Center City, for Floyd N. Pinotti as Sheriff of Chisago County and the County of Chisago.

Heard, considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and WOZNIAK and RANDALL, JJ.


OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

Appellants challenge a trial court judgment ordering respondent reinstated as deputy sheriff. They claim respondent, an alcoholic, was not a member of protected class under the Minnesota Human Rights Act in 1981 and adequate grounds for termination existed. Respondent seeks an increase in award to include damages for reprisal for failure to rehire, mental anguish and suffering and punitive damages. We affirm in part and reverse...

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