Corcoran v. Rizzo

LOWE, P.J.,

Plaintiff William F. Corcoran appeals from an order entered by this court dated February 25, 1986 sustaining defendant’s preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and dismissing plaintiff’s complaint.

The facts of record are as follows. Plaintiff was employed as a policeman by the Abington Township Police Department from March 13, 1967, until October 1982 when he was appointed chief of police by the Abington Township Board of Commissioners. On April 12, 1984, defendant Frank L. Rizzo, former police commissioner and mayor of the city of Philadelphia, was appointed by the…