Nilsen v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr,

Albert S. Nilsen appeals a Board of Claims (Board) order dismissing his claim as untimely and dismissing the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) as a party. We affirm.

On June 1, 1976, Nilsen, a DPW employee, submitted a suggestion under the Commonwealths cost reduction program to combine four state employee fund-raising drives into one combined appeal. DPW informed Nilsen on September 23, 1976, that his suggestion would not be adopted. However, on September 16, 1977, Nilsen learned that the Commonwealth was implementing a state employee combined appeal…