Legal Opinion

Callahan v. Pennsylvania State Police

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 8, 1981No. 388PublishedCited by 100 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

Appellant Callahan was a member of the Pennsylvania State Police and was classified “temporarily disabled” under the Heart and Lung Act 1 which entitled him to his full salary as long as he remained in that status. The State Police Medical Officer and an official in the State Workmen’s Insurance Fund unilaterally determined that his disability was no longer temporary but permanent and that he was not entitled to the Heart and Lung benefits. On January 5, 1978 Mr. Callahan received a letter from the Bureau of Personnel of the Pennsylvania State Police informing him that as…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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