City of St. Paul v. Winger

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Presiding Judge.

Appellant City of St. Paul appeals from a Writ of Mandamus ordering the City to reinstate respondent Karsten Winger as a lieutenant in the St. Paul Police Department effective December 1, 1983, and an order denying the City’s motion for a new trial. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

On appeal, the parties agreed to a statement of the record pursuant to Minn.R.Civ. App.P. 110.04.

Karsten Winger was a sergeant in the St. Paul Police Department when he was promoted by the chief of police to the rank of lieutenant for a one-year probationary period. At…