Kunze v. White Bear Lake Police Civil Service Commission

KELLEY, Justice.

Appellant, Edward J. Kunze, 'appeals from an order of the Ramsey County District Court which quashed appellant’s writ of certiorari, dismissed an appeal from and affirmed a decision of the White Bear Lake Police Civil Service Commission. That commission had terminated appellant’s employment as a police officer. We reverse.

Appellant was employed as a police officer for the City of White Bear Lake for more than 12 years. In October 1978, appellant sustained personal injuries to his head and shoulder in a nonwork-related motorcycle accident. After his request for an unpaid…