State ex rel. Bush v. Spurlock

When a classified civil service employee has been unlawfully excluded from public employment, a writ of mandamus may issue to order payment of compensation lost during the wrongful exclusion. State, ex rel. Crockett, v. Robinson (1981), 67 Ohio St.2d 363, 21 O.O.3d 228, 423 N.E.2d 1099; State, ex rel. Martin, v. Columbus (1979), 58 Ohio St.2d 261, 12 O.O.3d 268, 389 N.E.2d 1123, paragraph one of the syllabus; Monaghan v. Richley (1972), 32 Ohio St.2d 190, 61 O.O.2d 425, 291 N.E.2d 462, syllabus. The writ is available because the employee is entitled, by virtue of his or her classified status,…