Duncan v. Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshall

ALFORD, Judge.

This is an appeal from the termination of plaintiff-appellant, Thaddius Duncan, from the position of Deputy Fire Marshall I in the State of Louisiana, Department of Public Safety, Office of Fire Marshall. Carol L. Herring, State Fire Marshall, advised Duncan by letter that he had been terminated upon information furnished by Richard L. Calhoun, District Supervisor of the State Fire Marshall Office in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Herring’s letter dated September 9,1982, notified Duncan that his termination was effective at the close of business on September 10, 1982, and that his verbal…