Legal Opinion
Flowers v. Mississippi Department of Human Services
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 1, 2000No. 1999-CC-00913-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the Court:
¶ 1. Josie Flowers worked as a counselor aide at Oakley Training School. Her nighttime responsibilities included maintaining a periodic count of residents in one of the school’s cottages. Flowers was found to have failed properly to conduct this count, allowing the escape of one inmate to go unnoticed until he was caught several miles away trying to steal a car. Flowers was terminated, a decision that she has appealed through intermediate tribunals to this Court. We affirm.
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¶ 2. The Oakley Training School is a facility for juvenile offenders located in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Triplett v. MAYOR & BD. ALDERMEN OF CITY OF VICKSBURGMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
- STATE TAX COM'N v. Vicksburg TerminalMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- Dept. of Health v. SW Miss. Med. Ctr.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- Boatner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
3Cited by2 opinions
- MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH v. HogueCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001
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