Clough v. Tax Review Board

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Byron L. Clough (Appellant) began working for the Philadelphia Defense Personnel Support Center, a federal agency, in May of 1956. Prior to that, he had worked for a federal agency in New York. While in New York, Appellant accumulated 571 hours of sick leave provided by the Sick Leave Act of 1951, 5 U.S.C. §6301 et seq. From 1956 to August 1970, while employed in Philadelphia, he accumulated 1435 sick pay hours in addition to the earlier earned hours. In August 1970, Appellant was struck by a lightning bolt and went on disability retirement. From then until…