CITY OF VAN BUREN v. SMITH

No. 01-73.

46 S.W.3d 527 (2001)

345 Ark. 313

CITY OF VAN BUREN, Arkansas, v. Curtis SMITH.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardin, Jesson & Terry, PLC, by J. Rodney Mills and J. Leslie Evitts, III, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Ray Hodnett, Van Buren, for appellant.


ANNABELLE CLINTON IMBER, Justice.

Curtis Smith, a fifteen-year veteran of the Van Buren Fire Department, was discharged from his position as a firefighter on January 29, 1999, by the Mayor of Van Buren. The City of Van Buren asserted that Mr. Smith's termination was the result of three separate events that occurred on January 27, 1999, in which Mr. Smith acted inappropriately toward superior officers and thereby violated department rules. The termination was upheld...

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