Jones v. St. Louis Civil Service Commission

Donald Jones, employee, appeals from the trial court’s affirmance of a decision of the St. Louis Civil Service Commission (Commission) affirming his dismissal as a refuse collector for the City of St. Louis (employer).

Since 1973, employee had been injured on the job several times and had been on paid disability leave nearly 400 days. On April 24,1979, employee was again placed on paid disability leave. Pursuant to standard city procedures, on July 6, 1979, employee received a letter from the city requesting medical verification of his most recent disability. On July 12, at the city’s request,…