Sands v. Johnston

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

George Sands filed an application for “leave with pay” with the Jefferson County Personnel Board. Application was denied by the Board. Sands then instituted this action against the Board and the individual members thereof, again seeking “leave with pay for injury received in the line of duty” as a policeman for the City of Birmingham. The Circuit Court of Jefferson County denied the relief sought and Sands appeals.

The record reveals that patrolman Sands, while answering a call to investigate a felony reportedly in progress on June 22, 1979, *408discharged his firearm,…