Jaeger v. Wracker

Plaintiffs-appellants, Robert C. Jaeger, Chester Carpenter, and the Eaton Firemen’s Association, Inc., appeal from the summary judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendants-appellees, Board of Township Trustees of Eaton Township and the individual township trustees, Donald Wracker, Donald Reed and Thomas Cruz. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The facts are not in dispute. On September 7, 1982, the board of township trustees passed a resolution terminating Robert Jaeger’s appointment as a volunteer township fire fighter. The board’s action was not preceded by formal…