Alabama State Personnel Board v. McGowan

PITTMAN, Judge.

The Alabama State Personnel Board (“the board”) appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court (“the circuit court”) reversing an order- of the board that upheld the dismissal of Margaret D., McGowan from her employment with the Alabama Department of Finance (“the DOF”). We reverse the circuit court’s judgment and remand the cause with instructions.

In 2012, the DOF dismissed McGowan from her position-as a staff accountant in the Comptroller’s Office, a division of the DOF, 'for insubordination ánd failure to perform her job properly. Thereafter, McGowan appealed to the…