City of Greenwood v. Dowler

NEAL, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-appellant, City of Greenwood, appeals a decision of the Johnson Circuit Court reversing a decision of the Greenwood Police Merit Commission (Commission) dismissing plaintiff-appellee, Virginia L. Dowler (Dowler), from the Greenwood Police Department.

We reverse.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

The basis of the court's decision was that the decision of the Commission was not supported by substantial evidence, and was therefore arbitrary and capricious. The decision being fact sensitive, we set forth the facts in some detail.

Dowler, age 86, and the mother of two…