Neal v. Augusta-Richmond County Personnel Board

JOHNSON, Judge.

Edward Neal, a firefighter of 25 years with the City of Augusta, filed this discretionary appeal from the trial court’s decision upholding his termination by the Augusta-Richmond County Personnel Board (“Augusta-Richmond County”). In his appeal, Neal challenges the admission of drug test results in the administrative proceeding where no one with knowledge of the lab test or testing procedures used in his case testified at the hearing. Under the circumstances presented in this case, we find that the evidence should not have been admitted and reverse the judgment of the trial…