Mazzo v. Board of Pensions & Retirement of Philadelphia

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal, by allowance, from an order of the Commonwealth Court which reversed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia which had reversed an order of the Board of Pensions and Retirement of the City of Philadelphia denying pension benefits to the appellants, Albert Mazzo *80and John Anderson. On the basis that appellants are entitled to receive their pension benefits, we reverse.

Appellants were employed as police officers in the City of Philadelphia when, on March 8, 1984, they were dismissed from their jobs. The dismissals occurred…