Short v. Borough of Lawrenceville

ORDER

The Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The Commonwealth Court held that respondent was entitled to a hearing on her dismissal as secretary/treasurer of the Borough of Lawrenceville (“Borough”) pursuant to the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S. § 553, because it wanted to hold the Borough to its personnel manual since respondent relied on the terms of the personnel manual that contained a provision for “due process” in connection with the dismissal of any municipal employee.

Under the Local Agency Law, “[n]o adjudication of a local agency shall be valid as to any party unless he shall…