Rodriguez v. Civil Service Commission

CRIST, Judge.

This appeal involves the dismissal of an employee of the City of St. Louis. The employee-appellant sought review of her discharge by the Civil Service Commission which upheld her dismissal because she was “unwilling or unable to perform” her work. The circuit court sustained the decision of the Civil Service Commission and this appeal followed. We affirm.

On January 18, 1975, while working in a typist-clerk position for the Community Development Agency, appellant sustained a work-related knee injury compensable under the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation laws. For a period directly…