Smith v. Alabama Department of Labor

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Jennifer Farley Smith appeals from a judgment of the Shelby Circuit Court (“the circuit court”) dismissing her appeal from a decision of the Alabama Department of Labor’s Board of Appeals (“the board of appeals”) on the ground that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction over the matter.

The record indicates the following. Smith began working as an administrative assistant for the City of Pelham (“the city”) on November 7, 2003. On October 1, 2015, Smith was discharged from her job with the city after an investigation' revealed that, during work hours with the city, she…