Legal Opinion
Bunko v. City of Puyallup Civil Service Commission
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 7, 1999No. 23246-4-IIPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
— The City of Puyallup appeals reversal of its Civil Service Commission’s order affirming Brian Bunko’s employment termination from the City’s police department. Holding that amendment of Bunko’s notice of appeal was proper but that the Commission did not violate the statutory appearance of fairness doctrine, we reverse.
FACTS
On November 13, 1996, the City of Puyallup Police Department terminated Brian Bunko because he had engaged in sexual misconduct on the job and had violated Department sexual harassment policies. Bunko appealed to the City of Puyallup Civil Service Commission (the…
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