Mitchell v. Pennsylvania State Police

LORD, Senior Judge.

Genero T. Mitchell petitions this Court for review of an order of the Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner (Commissioner) denying him benefits pursuant to the Heart and Lung Act (Act), Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 477, as amended, 53 P.S. §§ 637-638.

The record reveals the following facts. Mitchell is a member of the Pennsylvania State Police. On January 12, 1996, while on-duty, and with his supervisor’s permission, Mitchell went out to the parking lot to warm up his ear, to avoid driving home in a cold vehicle at the end of his shift. While in the parking lot, he slipped on…