Bell v. Flood

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County reversing an order of the Civil Service Board (Board) of the Borough of Canonsburg (Borough) which had sustained the Borough Council’s suspension of William A. Flood (Flood), the Chief of Police of the Borough. Council had suspended Flood for a period of five days, and thereby dismissed the balance of a 30-day suspension given to Flood by Louis R. Bell, Jr. (Bell), the Mayor of the Borough. The facts are garnered from the briefs and the opinion of the court below. On or about No vember 1,…