Collier v. Department of Human Resources

Beasley, Judge.

We granted Collier discretionary appeal from the superior court’s reversal of an award by the Office of Fair Employment Practices. After a hearing by a Special Master, the Office held the Department of Human Resources, Georgia Regional Hospital, liable for racial discrimination against Collier, in violation of the Georgia Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978, OCGA § 45-19-29. The superior court reversed that decision on the ground that it was based on erroneous application of the law to the facts, and the substantial rights of the Department of Human Resources had thus been…