Legal Opinion
Sweed v. City of Philadelphia
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 1996PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Judge.
The City of Philadelphia, Risk Management Division (Employer), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) reversing a decision of the Philadelphia Civil Service Commission (Commission) which held that, because Robert Sweed (Employee) no longer suffers from any significant work-related orthopedic disability,1 he must perform limited duty work. We affirm.
Employee was employed as a police officer with Employer when, on January 17,1994, he injured his lower back and abdomen in the course and scope of his employment while attempting to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Walker v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Beissel v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. SevilleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Gumro v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Morris v. MossSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Cohen v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Campbell v. Civil Service Commission of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- City of Philadelphia v. Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- City of Philadelphia v. Civil Service CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Barbour-Knight v. Civil Service Commission of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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