State v. Hudgins

Pope, Presiding Judge.

The State brought this conversion action against defendant Floyd Hudgins, seeking to recover $9,768.30 which the State accidentally paid Hudgins when his name was not removed from the State payroll due to an administrative error. The trial court granted summary judgment for Hudgins, concluding that Hudgins’ employment was never effectively terminated because the State failed to follow the procedures required for terminating an employee entitled to coverage under the involuntary separation retirement benefits provisions of OCGA § 47-2-123. The State argues that a material…