Case Name: DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellant, v. Miriam SILVA and Public Employees Relations Commission, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-12-14
Citations: 627 So. 2d 612
Docket Number: No. 92-2581
Parties: DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellant, v. Miriam SILVA and Public Employees Relations Commission, Appellees.
Judges: BARFIELD and ALLEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 627
Pages: 612–612

Head Matter:
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellant, v. Miriam SILVA and Public Employees Relations Commission, Appellees.
No. 92-2581.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 14, 1993.
Enoch T. Whitney, Gen. Counsel, and Patrick A. Loebig, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Dept, of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Tallahassee, for appellant.
H. Lee Cohee, II, Gen. Counsel, and Jerry Cheatham, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for appellee Public Employees Relations Com’n.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (the department) appeals from an order of the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) adopting the findings of the hearing officer but mitigating the recommended penalty of dismissal to a ten-day suspension. Although we might have reservations regarding the wisdom of the penalty directed by PERC, we are unable to say that it amounts to an abuse of the discretion granted PERC by section 447.208(3), Florida Statutes (1991). Concluding that the department's arguments do not merit reversal, we affirm the order under review.
BARFIELD and ALLEN, JJ., concur.
BOOTH, J., Dissents with Opinion.