Ellins v. Department of Health

CIACCIO, Judge.

Defendant, City of New Orleans, Department of Health, appeals a decision of the Civil Service Commission which reduced its order of termination to a 60 day suspension. We affirm the decision of the Civil Service Commission.

The sole issue presented is whether the conclusions reached by the Commission were arbitrary and capricious.

The record reveals that the plaintiff was a six year veteran of the Health Department, being employed as an Emergency Medical Technician. Ms. Ellins attended the first paramedic course offered in Louisiana. She passed the National Registry on her first…