France v. East Central Bossier Fire Protection District No. 1

| iThis suit concerns a civil seivice claim for denial of procedural due process by a terminated fireman against his employer, a Louisiana fire protection district. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the fire protection district and dismissed it from the suit on the grounds that the fireman was not entitled to the protections of the Louisiana civil service law. Finding that plaintiff is a civil service employee, we reverse the summary judgment in favor of the fire protection district, grant the fireman’s partial summary judgment declaring the application of the civil service…