Pleasant Valley School District v. Schaeffer

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Robert D. Schaeffer appeals, with permission, an interlocutory order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court). The litigation concerns Pleasant Valley School District’s challenge to a grievance arbitration award ordering the District to reinstate Schaeffer to his teaching position. The trial court sustained the District’s appeal and ordered a remand for additional hearings by the arbitrator to determine whether Schaeffer’s reinstatement would violate public policy. The critical question before us is whether a reviewing court is permitted to use…