City of Coral Gables v. Dodaro

FERGUSON, Judge.

The City of Coral Gables, appeals from an order of the appellate division of the circuit court granting a petition for mandamus and ordering the City’s trial board to reconvene pursuant to provisions of the City Charter to determine whether an employee’s transfer in employment constitutes an unlawful penalty. The provision in question is Section 25 of the Charter of the City of Coral Gables which authorizes the convening of a Trial Board to investigate and determine the propriety of an action where an officer or employee of the City has been removed, suspended, laid off, or…