TANNER v. FREEMAN

43971.

257 Ga. 146 (1987)

356 S.E.2d 201

TANNER v. FREEMAN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney Genera, Rita J. Llop, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Harmon, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney, Timothy J. Sweeney, amicus curiae.

Walter W. Ballew III, for appellee.

Morgan M. Robertson, amicus curiae.


CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

The question here is whether a state employee whose position has been abolished pursuant to a valid reduction in force and who is offered a position at a lower salary has been "separated" within the meaning of OCGA § 47-2-123, the involuntary separation retirement benefit section of the retirement and pension law for state employees.

Mr. Freeman worked for eighteen years as an area supervisor for the Department of Labor. In...

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