Blanchard v. New Orleans Police Department

REDMANN, Judge.

Appellant is a New Orleans police officer who seeks extraordinary sick leave under New Orleans City Civil Service Commission Rule VIII § 2.1(c) because of typhoid fever he claims to have contracted in line of duty.

On a prior appeal, 210 So.2d 585, this court held itself unable to make a factual determination in reviewing the Commission’s action, La.Const, art. 14 § 15(0) (1), and remanded the matter to the Commission.

The Commission had originally preter-mitted a finding of fact on the question of where appellant had contracted typhoid, because of its view that appellant was not…