Jones v. City of Pittsburgh

Opinion bn

Judge Blatt,

Carroll K. Jones (appellant) appeals here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which reversed a decision of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Pittsburgh (Commission). "While employed by the City of Pittsburgh, Department of Fire (City) as a firefighter, he was involved in an off-duty incident which resulted in the death of one juvenile and the injury of another.

The Commission found that Jones had arrived home from his shift on June 16,1981, and saw that his home had been burglarized. After ascertaining that the stolen property, which…