Case: Individual Employment Rights/Wrongful Discharge (Tenn. Ct. App.)

The Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s decision and reinstated the civil service board’s decision to reinstate a female sergeant with alleged PTSD to her position at the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, finding that under the Madison County Sheriff’s Civil Service Law of 2015, the sheriff lacked just cause to terminate her employment based on a failed psychological exam that did not identify a diagnosed impairment affecting job performance as required by statute, and the board properly considered expert testimony challenging the reliability of the exam that was more credible than the examiner’s conclusions.

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