Black v. Lombardi

ROBERT G. DOWD, Jr., Judge.

Appellant, George Lombardi, Director of the Division of Adult Institutions in the Missouri Department of Corrections, appeals the circuit court’s judgment reversing the decision of the Personnel Advisory Board (Board). We reverse the judgment of the trial court and reinstate the Board’s decision approving the suspension of Terry Black.

On February 17,1994, Terry Black, a Corrections Officer III at the Farmington Correctional Center (Respondent), was charged with third-degree assault in the Circuit Court of St. Francois County. In a letter dated April 25,1994,…