Benson v. City of Fairfield

William W. Young, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Gary Benson, appeals the judgment of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas in favor of defendant-appellee, the city of Fairfield. Benson argues under his sole assignment of error that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment against him.

Benson, a Fairfield police officer, filed a complaint against the city on September 1, 1992 demanding a promotion to the rank of sergeant retroactive to September 1984, with fall sergeant’s back pay and benefits. He alleged in his complaint and in an affidavit that in 1984, the Fairfield Chief of Police…