KNIGHT v. CIVIL SERV. C., CITY OF PHILA.

No. 1878 C.D. 1985.

105 Pa.Commw. 129 (1987)

523 A.2d 427

William J. Knight, Appellant v. Civil Service Commission of the City of Philadelphia, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on briefs December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Eichert, Bloom, Ocks and Fisher, for appellant.

Valerie West, Assistant City Solicitor, for appellee.

To Judges DOYLE and PALLADINO, and Senior Judge BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE BARBIERI, April 1, 1987:

William J. Knight has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, which affirmed a decision of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Philadelphia (Commission) dismissing him from his employment with the Philadelphia Fire Department (Department).

Knight, an epileptic, was hospitalized on May 27, 1982, for a seizure disorder and drug intoxication. A urine toxic drug screen...

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