POLITE v. DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE

No. 89-CA-0057.

543 So.2d 529 (1989)

Carolyn POLITE v. DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy O'Dowd, O'Dowd & O'Dowd, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael A. Starks, Asst. City Atty., William D. Aaron, Chief Deputy City Atty., Okla Jones, II, City Atty., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before SCHOTT, C.J. and LOBRANO and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the Welfare Department of the City of New Orleans from a decision of the City Civil Service Commission reversing a decision of the Department discharging Carolyn Polite from the civil service.

Polite was a Nursing Attendant I at Touro Shakespeare Home. She was charged with intentionally striking an elderly patient in the eye at 5:30 a.m. on March 29, 1988. At the hearing before the Commission's Hearing Examiner, Polite...

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