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Allen v. City of Phila.

COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Apr 9, 2019
208 A.3d 209 (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 2019)

Summary

holding that “the trial court committed an error of law by concluding that [the plaintiff's] report constitute a good faith report of waste” because at trial, the plaintiff did not “connect [the alleged wrongful conduct he reported] with some type of specific violation that would satisfy the definition of ‘wrongdoing'”

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Opinion

1253 CD 2017

04-09-2019

ALLEN, J. v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al.


DECISION WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINION

Commonwealth Court's memorandum opinions are found at www.courts.state.pa.us. Such decisions filed after Jan. 15, 2008, may be cited for persuasive, non-precedential value. 210 Pa. Code § 69.414.

Reversed.


Summaries of

Allen v. City of Phila.

COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Apr 9, 2019
208 A.3d 209 (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 2019)

holding that “the trial court committed an error of law by concluding that [the plaintiff's] report constitute a good faith report of waste” because at trial, the plaintiff did not “connect [the alleged wrongful conduct he reported] with some type of specific violation that would satisfy the definition of ‘wrongdoing'”

Summary of this case from Ernst v. Union Cnty. Conservation Dist.
Case details for

Allen v. City of Phila.

Case Details

Full title:Joel Allen v. City of Philadelphia and Lt. Daniel McCann, Appellants

Court:COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Apr 9, 2019

Citations

208 A.3d 209 (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 2019)

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