Opinion ID: 2091176
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Circuit Court Review (18 March 2005)

Text: The SDAT assigned error to the ALJ for not permitting the admission of additional evidence on the questions posed by the Court of Special Appeals in Reier I and to the ALJ's revision of her previous findings of fact. Reier, on the other hand, argued that the ALJ incorrectly concluded that State-offered benefits may not accompany an award of full back pay. Finding that the ALJ properly made supplemental findings of fact in response to the Court of Special Appeals's specific inquiries, the Circuit Court affirmed the administrative decision concluding Reier's termination to be unlawful. The court also concluded that it would defy logic to construe § 11-110(d)(1) as precluding benefits as part of a full back pay award for a wrongful termination. The SDAT appealed this judgment.