City of Philadelphia v. Civil Service Commission

I agree with the City of Philadelphia’s central position distinguishing an eviden-tiary precept crafted by the Legislature relative to a specific administrative compensation scheme from interpretive principles that are more readily amenable to more generic application. As I would limit the application of the 52-week exception of Section 422 of the Workers’ Compensation Act to the setting in which it has been prescribed, I also agree with the City that the rule embodied in Walker v. UCBR, 27 Pa.Cmwlth. 522, 367 A.2d 366 (1976), pertained to the administrative proceedings in which Officer…