Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital v. County of Kauai Civil Service Commission

This matter initially arose out of the dismissal, effective April 10, 1959, of Florence S. Cummings, an employee of Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital, one of the appellees herein, by the appointing authority of the hospital, appellants herein, purportedly under the provisions of R.L.H. 1955, § 3-24. The employee filed an appeal with the County of Kauai Civil Service Commission which, on May 19, 1959, found in favor of the employee, reinstating her in her employment. Whereupon the appointing authority, on May 21, 1959, appealed this decision and order of the Civil Service Commission to the…