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Lacombe v. Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 12, 2003No. 03-483PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

| .SULLIVAN, Judge.

The Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government (the City Parish) appeals the trial court’s reversal of the termination of firefighter Damon Lacombe. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

Lacombe, a captain in the Fire Department with eighteen years of service, was terminated on June 25, 2001, after Fire Chief Robert Benoit determined that La-combe failed to cooperate fully and truthfully in an internal affairs investigation. The subject of the investigation was an alleged “blue flu” or sickout that occurred between Friday, March 31, 2000, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bannister v. Dept. of StreetsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  2. Smith v. EUNICE MUN. FIRE & POLICE BD.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
  3. Laborde v. Alexandria Mun. Fire & Police Civil Serv. Bd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  4. Tweedel v. Fire Protection Dist. No. 1 Civil Serv. Bd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
  5. Lantier v. LAFAYETTE CONSOL. GOVERNMENTLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLID. v. ChauvinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004

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