After a near two-year battle over her salary, a Superior Court judge last week indicated that he might rule against Ashley Payne. The former Apalachee High School teacher has been fighting the school district over salary compensation from the loss of her job in August 2009 due to a Facebook posting where she appears to be holding alcoholic beverages in Europe.
On Friday, Aug. 4, Superior Court Judge David Motes presided over a short hearing in which Payne’s attorney Richard Storrs of Atlanta and the Barrow County School District’s attorney Daniel Murphy of Winder, argued their cases for the first time in front of a judge.
While the judge has not ruled, he did reveal Friday that he thought the district was “fairly persuasive” in its argument that Payne’s petition for a writ of mandamus is potentially moot, however he said he would take the case under advisement and read it again.
Facebook teacher case still drags on
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Bud Wiser
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08/10/11 at 04:30 PM
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This is funny, as it demonstrates how the majority of the jail house layers who offer their free opinions are, well, dead wrong -- as to how Barrow county was going to have to pay big bucks to the befuddled blonde tippler.
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08/10/11 at 11:47 PM
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Payne never asked for "big bucks." This potential ruling by Judge Motes also does not mean Payne loses her case. It only means that writ of mandamus is the wrong route to take toward compensation now that her contract is up. This is highly technical legal stuff. This hearing did not address the crux of the issues in the case, only whether or not Payne will need to amend her petition now that writ of mandamus is no longer applicable (for a few fuzzy, hypertechnical reasons). There are other avenues Payne can take in order to receive compensation. This is not likely over. Sloppy reporting on this one.