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First Name Chestina
Last Name McKenzie
Decision Date 10/19/2022
Docket Number 2021-0537-DHHR
ALJ CHL
Respondent Department of Health and Human Resources/Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital
Employment Type STATE
Job Title Health Service Worker
Topics Dismissal; Termination
Primary Issues Whether Respondent proved by a preponderance of the evidence that Grievant committed patient neglect which justified Grievant’s dismissal.
Outcome Denied
Statutes 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. § 64-59-3.12
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 & 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); Drown v. W. Va. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 180 W. Va. 143, 145, 375 S.E.2d 775, 777 (1988); State ex rel. Eads v. Duncil, 196 W. Va. 604, 474 S.E.2d 534 (1996); Bedford County Memorial Hosp. v. Health & Human Serv., 769 F.2d 1017 (4th Cir. 1985); Yokum v. W. Va. Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Docket No. 96-DOE-081 (Oct. 16, 1996); Trimboli v. Dep’t of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 93-HHR-322 (June 27, 1997); Adkins v. W. Va. Dep't of Educ., 210 W. Va. 105, 556 S.E.2d 72 (2001); 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); Martin v. W. Va. Fire Comm'n, Docket No. 89-SFC-145 (Aug. 8, 1989); Conner v. Barbour County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 94-01-394 (Jan. 31, 1995), aff’d, Kanawha Cnty. Cir. Ct. Docket No 95-AA-66 (May 1, 1996), appeal refused, W.Va. Sup. Ct. App. (Nov. 19, 1996); Overbee v. Dep't of Health & Human Res./Welch Emergency Hosp., Docket No. 96-HHR-183 (Oct. 3, 1996); Olsen v. Kanawha County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 02-20-380 (May 30, 2003); Phillips v. Summers County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 93-45-105 (Mar. 31, 1994); Cooper v. Raleigh County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 2014-0028-RalED (Apr. 30, 2014)
Keywords Dismissed; Terminate; Suspension; Patient; Neglect; Arbitrary and Capricious; Good Cause; Supervision; Observations; 1:1; Mitigation; APS; Investigation; Disproportionate; Discretion
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Respondent dismissed Grievant from employment for patient neglect in violation of state regulations and Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital policy. Grievant admits to failing to strictly comply with the same but denies neglecting the patient. Respondent proved by a preponderance of the evidence that Grievant actions constituted patient neglect and that such justified Grievant’s dismissal. Therefore, the grievance is DENIED.

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