Legal Opinion
City of Philadelphia v. Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 21, 2001No. 9705-1128PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
This is an appeal by the City of Philadelphia from the Commonwealth Court’s order affirming the order of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Philadelphia, which had awarded civil service disability benefits to Howard Ryder for a psychic injury. For the following reasons, we reverse the order of the Commonwealth Court.
Howard Ryder was a police officer for the City of Philadelphia. During his 26 years as a police officer, Ryder had been continually assigned to the 7th Police District. On May 4, 1996, Ryder received a radio call reporting that there was a…
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