Ellins v. Department of Health

GULOTTA, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a decision of the New Orleans Civil Service Commission sustaining her suspension from the Department of Health. We reverse and remand.

Amy Ellins had been employed as a paramedic with the Health Department for almost seven years. On October 8, 1985, Ellins was informed by the appointing authority, that she had been suspended for five days, commencing October 5 and ending on October 11, 1985. The suspension letter complained of plaintiff's non-adherence to the professional standards established by the Orleans Parish Medical Society, as follows:

*75“Failure to…