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The appellate court reversed the chancery court's decision, finding that the civil service merit board's decision to modify the sheriff's office disciplinary action from demotion to a 30-day suspension was not arbitrary and capricious.
A sheriff's office demoted an employee for failing to follow official policies and procedures during an arrest. The employee appealed to the civil service merit board. After a hearing, the board found the employee had neglected his duty as the ranking officer at the scene of the arrest. But the board modified the disciplinary action to a 30-day suspension and ordered the employee's reinstatement to his former rank. The employee then sought judicial review. The chancery court determined that the board's decision was arbitrary and capricious and modified the disciplinary sanction. We conclude that the board's decision was not arbitrary and capricious. So we reverse.
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Plaintiff brought claims against Knox County and the County Clerk based on allegedly discriminatory employment practices. The trial court determined that Plaintiff committed serious discovery violations and imposed as a sanction the exclusion of certain evidence. With this evidence excluded, the trial court granted summary judgment to the Defendants. Plaintiff appeals, challenging the discovery sanction, the trial court's conclusion under the Tennessee Human Rights Act that the continuing violation doctrine did not apply, the trial court's conclusion that the Clerk was not individually liable, and the award of attorney's fees against the Plaintiff and her attorney. We affirm.
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