AVALLONE v. STATE/DHSS.

No. 234,2010.

14 A.3d 566 (2011)

Anthony V. AVALLONE, Grievant Below-Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware/DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ("DHSS"), a State Agency and the Merit Employee Relations Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Shiels, Esquire , Brown, Shiels, & O'Brien, LLC, Dover, Delaware, for appellant.

Kevin R. Slattery, Esquire , Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellees.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


RIDGELY, Justice.

The purpose of title 29, chapter 59 of the Delaware Code is to "establish for this State a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the employees of the State. . . ."1 This case involves the interpretation of chapter 59 in the context of the dismissal of a State employee. The Delaware Department of Health and Human Services...

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