Patrick v. Huff

BERNES, Judge.

The central question in this case is whether the plaintiff, Emma Jean Huff, was entitled to the procedural protections afforded by Georgia’s Fair Dismissal Act, OCGA § 20-2-940 et seq. (“FDA”), when the Talbot County School District failed to renew her employment contract to serve as a school administrator for the 2005-2006 school year. The trial court concluded that Huff was entitled to these protections and denied summary judgment to the defendants, the superintendent of the Talbot County School District and the members of the Talbot County Board of Education. After a bench…