Legal Opinion
Dedman v. Wash. Personnel Appeals Bd.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 17, 1999No. 24163-3-IIPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
Department of Corrections (DOC) employee Judith Dedman appeals the Washington Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) ruling that, because her permanent disabilities prevented her from physically restraining inmates, she could not perform the essential functions of a correctional officer. The PAB, therefore, concluded that DOC properly removed her from her job in the control booth and reassigned her to a clerical position. We affirm.
FACTS
In February 1993, Dedman was appointed a correctional officer (guard) for the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor (WCCW), a facility housing…
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