Harvey v. Cincinnati Civil Serv. Comm.

Defendants allege in their sole assignment that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in plaintiffs favor 1 and in reversing the decision of the civil service commission that had disqualified plaintiff from continuing in the city’s fire recruit process. The assignment of error has merit.

Plaintiff, Jeffrey S. Harvey, had applied to become a member of the 1984 fire recruit class. The recruiting process consists of five stages of review: written examination, medical examination, physical ability test, background polygraph check, and oral interview. Plaintiff successfully completed…