Giovagnoli v. Civil Service Commission

OPINION BY

President Judge COLINS.

The above-captioned cases have been consolidated for argument and for this *1166Court’s disposition on remand from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania with regard to Petitioner Diana Giovagnoli’s petition for attorney fees pursuant to the Commonwealth Agency Adjudicatory Expenses Award Law, often referred to as the “Costs Act.”1

In July of 1997, Diana Giovagnoli was terminated from her employment as a caseworker with Monroe County Children and Youth Services (CYS). Giovagnoli appealed her dismissal to the State Civil Service Commission (Commission), requesting…