Lester v. Summerfield

MILLER, Justice:

W.Va.Code, 7-14-8, provides that a deputy sheriff who voluntarily terminates his employment may, within two years, apply for reappointment as a deputy. The issue here is the effect of such reappointment on a deputy’s seniority for purposes of layoff under W.Va.Code, 7-14-17(d).

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Respondent, Alan Workman, was first appointed as a Fayette County deputy sheriff on December 18, 1968. He voluntarily quit on July 15, 1981, to become chief of police in Montgomery, and was so employed for almost two years. On March 23, 1983, he requested to be reappointed as a deputy pursuant to…