City of Philadelphia v. Geiger

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal by the City of Philadelphia (appellant) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County reversing an order of the Philadelphia Civil Service Commission (Commission) which denied the claim of William J. Geiger (claimant-appellee) for benefits pursuant to Regulation 32 of the Commission.1

Claimant-appellee, while working as a policeman for the appellant, injured his lower back in May of 1965. He suffered a second on-duty injury to his back in November of 1966. The 1966 injury left claimantappellee disabled until April, 1967. On November…