Legal Opinion
City of Pittsburgh v. Logan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 2002No. SA99-721PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
The City of Pittsburgh challenges the award of benefits under the Heart and Lung Act, 53 P.S. § 637, for the psychic injuries sustained by Patrick Logan, a Pittsburgh police officer, in connection with his official duties.
In September 1998, appellee felt ill at work and went home early. The next day, while waiting to testify in court, he experienced flashbacks of incidents from his career. Appellee described these as including “[s]hooting incidents that I’ve had over the years, the fact that one time I had carried a baby out of a house that a father had shot in the head…
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