State Personnel Board v. Wallace

Woodrow W. Wallace, Jr., was employed as an Auditor II with the State Department of Transportation (Transportation). Wallace had been employed with the State of Alabama since September 1988 and was a permanent merit system employee.

In May 1990 Wallace was offered a position with the State Medicaid Agency (Medicaid) and a promotion to Auditor III. Wallace understood that he was under a probationary period in regard to the Auditor III classification. Wallace accepted the Auditor III position with Medicaid. During the period that Wallace was a probationary Auditor III, he was terminated from his…