Jellico v. Effingham County

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Francis E. Jellico, Jr., who was a certified building inspector for Effingham County, Georgia, sued defendants Effing-ham County, the County’s Board of Commissioners and the County’s chief building inspector for constructive wrongful termination. In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that in 1992 he discovered that certain buildings were being constructed in violation of applicable building codes. After plaintiff refused to certify the buildings for habitation, he learned that the buildings were being certified, over his objection, by his immediate supervisor —…