ADAMS v. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL BD.

No. 02-CA-938.

833 So.2d 571 (2002)

Merita G. ADAMS v. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Hamilton, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Patrick M. Amedee, Delise, Amedee & Hall, Metairie, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., SOL GOTHARD and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.


EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board from a judgment reversing its decision to terminate a tenured teacher on grounds of willful neglect of duty and dishonesty. For the following reasons, we affirm that judgment.

The following facts are undisputed. Merita Adams, plaintiff-appellee, began teaching chemistry in the St. John school system in 1993 and eventually was given tenure. During 1997 she...

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