FRANKS v. OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE APPEALS

No. 86-592.

533 A.2d 250 (1987)

Everlee G. FRANKS, Appellant, v. OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE APPEALS OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorsey Evans, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Victor Long, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom James R. Murphy, Acting Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, Associate Judge, NEBEKER, Associate Judge, Retired, and REILLY, Senior Judge.


REILLY, Senior Judge:

Before us on appeal is a memorandum opinion and order of the Superior Court affirming a decision of the Office of Employee Appeals (the agency), which in turn sustained the discharge of appellant—a physician on the staff of the Police and Fire Clinic—for "gross neglect of duty." It is undisputed that the incident which precipitated this disciplinary action was appellant's refusal to treat a retired police officer who had presented...

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