City of Louisville Ex Rel. Kuster v. Milligan

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed a summary judgment of the circuit court which had reversed a decision of the civil service board modifying a penalty imposed on an employee by the safety director.

The issue is whether K.R.S. 90.190(2) provides authority to the civil service board *456to modify a disciplinary penalty imposed by the appointing authority.

Milligan was terminated as a police detective for wrongful use of his weapon. He had been employed in the Louisville police division for nineteen years when, while on leave because of a leg…