McLaughlin v. Pennsylvania State Police

FLAHERTY, Judge.

Thomas V. McLaughlin petitions for review of the March 5, 1999 order of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Commissioner (Commissioner) denying McLaughlin benefits under the Heart and Lung Act (Act), Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 477, as amended, 53 P.S. §§ 637-638. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Commissioner’s order denying benefits.

The facts are as follows. McLaughlin has been a member of the PSP since March 15, 1982. On March 30, 1998, he was scheduled to work eight continuous paid hours with no specifically assigned period of time for lunch. On that date,…