Bonner v. State Department of Human Resources

COOK, Justice.

Patricia Bonner petitioned this Court for certiorari review of a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals. Having granted her petition, we reverse and remand.

The facts giving rise to this petition were succinctly set forth in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals:

“Patricia Bonner was terminated from her employment with the Mobile County Department of Human Resources (Department). On November 17, 1992, the *926Alabama State Personnel Board (Board) upheld the Department’s decision to terminate Bonner’s employment.

“On January 19, 1993, Bonner filed a petition for judicial review in…