Evansville State Hospital v. Perry

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Appellants Evansville State Hospital, et al (Hospital) appeal from the trial court’s order affirming the decision of the Indiana State Employees’ Appeals Commission (SEAC) reinstating hospital employee Mildred Perry (Perry).

We reverse.

Perry was a long-time employee of Evansville State Hospital as a psychiatric attendant. She was dismissed in December, 1987 as a result of two incidents of patient abuse witnessed by several Hospital employees. Perry’s appeal of her dismissal to the State Personnel Department was unsuccessful. She then instituted an appeal to SEAC, which…