PENNY v. CITY OF MEMPHIS

No. W2007-00861-COA-R3-CV

276 S.W.3d 410 (2008)

Phillip C. PENNY, Kurtis Schilk, and Robert Tebbetts v. The CITY OF MEMPHIS and City of Memphis Civil Service Commission.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

March 12, 2008.

Order on Denial of Rehearing April 14, 2008.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court September 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Hansom and Leigh H. Thomas, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Kurtis Schilk.

Elbert Jefferson, Jr., City Attorney, and Gerald L. Thornton, Senior Assistant Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellee, City of Memphis.


OPINION

HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which DAVID R. FARMER, J., and JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, SP. J., joined.

This case involves the termination of a municipal police officer. The police department received a report on an attempted suicide by a mental patient. The appellant officer and other officers responded. When the officers arrived at the scene, the suicide victim was sitting on his front porch, bleeding from self-inflicted...

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