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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Syracuse, NY -- An arbitrator who ruled that Syracuse should bring back a fired firefighter with lifelong diabetes acted beyond his powers, a city lawyer argued in court today.
John Williams, with the backing of the city's fire union, has sued to get his job back with back pay after being removed from service in August 2011. That was a day after he admitted feeling light-headed at a fire scene due to low blood sugar.
Williams argued that his firing was "arbitrary and capricious" because the city and county did not follow civil service law -- including giving him the right to challenge his removal.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index....rule_that_firefigher_with_diabetes_shoul.html
Eh?
John Williams, with the backing of the city's fire union, has sued to get his job back with back pay after being removed from service in August 2011. That was a day after he admitted feeling light-headed at a fire scene due to low blood sugar.
Williams argued that his firing was "arbitrary and capricious" because the city and county did not follow civil service law -- including giving him the right to challenge his removal.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index....rule_that_firefigher_with_diabetes_shoul.html
Eh?