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First Name LaTosha
Last Name Greene
Decision Date 4/9/2021
Docket Number 2019-1271-CONS
ALJ CHL
Respondent Department of Health and Human Resources/Jackie Withrow Hospital
Employment Type STATE
Job Title Health Service Worker
Topics Dismissed; Termination
Primary Issues Whether Respondent had good cause to terminate Grievant’s employment.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. Va. Code St. R. § 69-6-1; W.Va. Code St. R. § 156-1-3 (2018); W. Va. Code St. R. § 143-1-12.2.a. (2016); W.Va. Code St. R. § 69-6-2.8
Related Cases Leichliter v. W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 92-HHR-486 (May 17, 1993); Oakes v. W. Va. Dep't of Finance and Admin., 164 W. Va. 384, 264 S.E.2d 151 (1980); Guine v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 149 W. Va. 461, 141 S.E.2d 364 (1965); Sloan v. Dep't of Health & Human Res., 215 W. Va. 657, 600 S.E.2d 554 (2004); W. Va. Dep't of Corr. v. Lemasters, 173 W. Va. 159, 162, 313 S.E.2d 436, 439 (1984); Jones v. W. Va. Dep’t of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 96-HHR-371 (Oct. 30, 1996); Young v. Div. of Natural Res., Docket No. 2009-0540-DOC (Nov. 13, 2009); Clarke v. W. Va. Bd. of Regents, 166 W. Va. 702, 279 S.E.2d 169 (1981); Gunnells v. Logan County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 97-23-055 (Dec. 9, 1997); Sinsel v. Harrison County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 96-17-219 (Dec. 31, 1996); Seddon v. W. Va. Dep't of Health/Kanawha-Charleston Health Dep't, Docket No. 90-H-115 (June 8, 1990); Trimboli v. Dep't of Health and Human Res., Docket No. 93-HHR-322 (June 27, 1997), aff’d Mercer Cnty. Cir. Ct. Docket No. 97-CV-374-K (Oct. 16, 1998); Blake v. Kanawha County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 01-20-470 (Oct. 29, 2001), aff’d Kanawha Cnty. Cir. Ct. Docket No. 01-AA-161 (July 2, 2002), appeal refused, W.Va. Sup. Ct. App. Docket No. 022387 (Apr. 10, 2003)
Keywords Termination; Resident Abuse; Emotional Abuse; Verbal Abuse; Neglect; Policy Violation
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Respondent dismissed Grievant from employment, charging her as having engaged in abuse and neglect of a resident and violating DHHR Policy 2108, Employee Conduct. Grievant denies Respondent’s allegations. Respondent proved by a preponderance of the evidence that Grievant engaged in abuse and neglect of a resident and violated the DHHR Policy 2108, Employee Conduct. Respondent proved that there was good cause for Grievant’s dismissal and that such was justified. Therefore, the grievance is DENIED.

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