City of Henderson Civil Service Commission v. Zubi

STEPHENSON, Justice.

The trial court found that the Civil Service Commission did not act arbitrarily in dismissing respondent on grounds of insubordination. The Court of Appeals reversed. We granted discretionary review and reverse the opinion of the Court of Appeals.

This appeal again presents the question of the extent of a “trial de novo ” in circuit court. Trial de novo has had a chequered career in our jurisprudence. We have considered and reconsidered the proposition in all of its manifestations and finally arrived at Brady v. Pettit, Ky., 586 S.W.2d 29 (1979), as the final pronouncement…