State ex rel. Board of Education v. Truby

This is an appeal by Roy Truby, State Superintendent of Schools, from an order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County granting a writ of prohibition permanently prohibiting him from hearing an appeal by a school employee from an adverse grievance decision by the Wood County Board of Education.

The employee is a custodian under a continuing contract with the county board of education. Her contract provides that she will be employed at Parkersburg High School. She suffered a back injury while at work and could not return to her former employment for several months. The county board of education…