Epstein v. Civil Service Commission

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants (hereinafter Commission) appeal the reversal by the trial court of its order, after a full hearing, discharging the plaintiff as Psychologist III at Kankakee State Hospital. Plaintiff cross-appealed the trial court’s refusal to admit into evidence information relative to the untimely issuance of the Commission’s decision.

Plaintiff has been a State employee for at least 10 years. At the time of his discharge in 1973, he was assigned to the mental retardation program at Kankakee State Hospital. His principal duty was to…