Department of Corrections, Sci-Camp Hill v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

CONCURRING OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

I entirely agree with the result and with the tenor of the majority opinion. I cannot, however, embrace the “higher standard of care” discussion employed by the majority.

There are a number of older Commonwealth Court cases stating that police officers and prison guards are held to a higher standard of care.1 Our Supreme Court, however, never adopted that standard. In fact, our Supreme Court recently rejected *321a higher standard of care approach to evaluating potential willful misconduct of a nurse. Navickas v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review, 567 Pa. 298, 787…