Bruckner v. Lancaster County Area Vocational-Technical Joint School Operating Committee

Dissenting Opinion by

Judge Blatt:

I respectfully dissent from that part of the majority opinion which affirms the Secretary’s award of backpay.

Although the facts of this case have already been outlined, Bruckner v. Lancaster County Area Vocational-Technical Joint School Operating Committee, 70 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 522, 453 A.2d 384 (1982), I believe that a brief highlighting of those facts is necessary here.

*324Bruckner’s last day of teaching at the School was January 27, 1978 at which time he left the school to seek medical help. He was subsequently admitted to the Veterans Hospital in…