Starkey v. Illinois Civil Service Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN,

dissenting:

I disagree with the decision of the majority.

The majority held the Commission’s decision was against the manifest weight of the evidence because of two conclusions — (1) that Blye’s testimony inculpating Starkey “lacked sufficient probative value”; and (2) that the Commission did not give proper deference to its hearing officer’s conclusions “that Starkey’s exculpatory testimony was truthful.”

Neither of the majority’s conclusions is supported by the record. First, while the majority finds that Blye’s testimony was lacking in probative value, the hearing…