Deemer v. Ashtabula City Civil Service Commission

Ford, Presiding Judge.

This is an accelerated appeal from the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas. Appellants, Ashtabula City Civil Service Commission (“commission”), the city of Ashtabula (“city”), and Fire Department Chief Norman Jepson (“Jepson”), appeal from a judgment of the trial court in favor of appellees, Ronald Deemer (“Deemer”) and Jeffrey Gianantonio (“Gianantonio”) ordering the certification of appellees’ names to the promotional list and the appointment of each appellee to the position of engineer within the Ashtabula City Fire Department.

Appellees were employed by the city of…