Dancy v. Civil Service Commission of City of Philadelphia

CARRAFIELLO, J.,

Appellant, the City of Philadelphia, appeals an order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas dated December 8,2003, which reversed a decision of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Philadelphia.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:

The basic facts are not in dispute. Appellee, Mildred Dancy, worked as a prison guard in the Philadelphia prison system. On May 20,2000, she was responding to an “assist officer” call when a door slammed on her finger, essentially amputating the top third of her right index finger (Officer Dancy is right-handed). She was taken to Franford…