State Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Division of Florida Highway Patrol v. Hunter

McCORD, Judge.

This is a petition for writ of certiorari to review an order of the Career Service Commission of the State of Florida.

Respondent Jerry Hunter was employed by petitioner in 1957 as a janitor and was subsequently reclassified as a custodial worker in which capacity he was employed on the date of his dismissal. He was dismissed by petitioner because of absence from duty without authorized leave on two occasions. The first absence was on July 5 and 6, 1972, for which he received a two-day suspension and the recent absence which precipitated his dismissal was on June 7, 10, and 11,…