City of East Point v. Seagraves

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

The City of East Point (City) appeals the trial court’s order requiring it to pay former employees, Louis P. Seagraves and Lawrence E. Daniels, compensation for unused sick days from January 1, 1979, to the date of their retirement. Based on agreement by the parties, the trial court decided the case on briefs submitted. The trial court determined that Seagraves and Daniels had a vested right in compensation for their unused sick days and that the impairment clause of the Georgia Constitution precluded the application of a 1979 ordinance which changed the City’s…