McDermott v. Commonwealth

Opinion by Judge Craig,

Arthur T. McDermott, an appointed Commonwealth employee, appeals from an order of the Board of Claims denying him damages for a breach of the Department of Health’s alleged promise that it would not abolish his position of Regulatory Coordinator which the department had recently established. We affirm.

On May 9, 1979, McDermott assumed the position of Legislative Counsel in the Department of Health. In July, 1981, the secretary of that department, Dr. H. Arnold Muller, requested McDermott to accept the newly established position of Regulatory Coordinator. The department…