Coweta County v. Henderson

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following the entry of the trial court’s order reinstating Danny Russell Henderson as a firefighter with the Coweta County Fire Department, Coweta County and Eddie Ball, chairman of the Coweta County Personnel Department, appeal, contending that the trial court erred in ordering Henderson’s reinstatement and in applying an improper standard of review. For the reasons which follow, we reverse.

The record shows that on May 16, 2003, Henderson, a Coweta County firefighter, was selected at random to be tested for drugs under the County’s personnel policy. Henderson’s…