Madeja v. Whitehall Township

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Bernard M. Madeja has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County affirming his discharge from employment by the Township of Whitehall (Township).

As of April 25, 1979, Bernard Madeja was employed in the Traffic Control Division of the Township’s Bureau of Public Works. On April 25, 1979, a piece of Township equipment, a payloader, was found to have a slashed tire. The damage was discovered while the payloader was parked in front of the Township garage. That same day, April 25th, the Assistant Township Executive1 was told about the slashed…