Database Search Result Details
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First Name
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Kenneth
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Last Name
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Simmons
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Decision Date
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1/17/2024
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Docket Number
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2024-0036-DHHR
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ALJ
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BTC
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Respondent
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Department of Health and Human Resources/Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital
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Employment Type
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STATE
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Job Title
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Health Services Worker
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Topics
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Disciplinary
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Primary Issues
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Whether Respondent was justified in terminating Grievant for abusing a patient.
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Outcome
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Denied
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Statutes
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W.VA. CODE ST. R. § 156-1-3 (2018); W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 64-59-18.2; W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 64-59-3.13
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Related Cases
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Leichliter v. W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 92-HHR-486 (May 17, 1993); Syl. Pt. 1, 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); See also W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 143-1-12.2 (2022); 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); Burchell v. Bd. of Trustees, Marshall Univ., Docket No. 97-BOT-011 (Aug. 29, 1997)
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Keywords
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Termination
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Intermediate Court of Appeals
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Circuit Court
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Supreme Court
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Synopsis
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Grievant was employed by Respondent as a Health Service Worker. Grievant’s employment was terminated for patient abuse. Grievant denied he abused the patient. Respondent proved Grievant abused a patient by striking him in the face and that it was justified in terminating Grievant’s employment for patient abuse. Accordingly, the grievance is denied.
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