KINGSLEY v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N

No. 89-973.

459 N.W.2d 265 (1990)

Robert M. KINGSLEY, Appellant, v. WOODBURY COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacDonald Smith of Smith & Smith, Sioux City, for appellant.

Brigit M. Barnes, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by a former deputy sheriff who was discharged from his employment due to a back injury that rendered him physically unfit for the position he held. The sole issue on appeal is whether Iowa Code chapter 341A (pertaining to civil service for deputy county sheriffs) imposes a duty upon a sheriff to accommodate, rather than discharge, a deputy who is disabled. Finding no such duty imposed by law, the district court upheld the discharge...

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