VOLUNTEER FIRE CO. v. HUMAN REL. COM'N


133 Pa.Commw. 45 (1990)

575 A.2d 152

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY NO. 1., Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, PENNSYLVANIA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 27, 1990.

Reargument Denied June 28, 1990.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted January 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony P. Picadio, Sherman & Picadio, Pittsburgh with him, Richard F. Flickinger, Flickinger & Welty, Ligonier, for petitioner.

Carol L. Rosen, Asst. Chief Counsel, with her, Elisabeth S. Shuster, Chief Counsel, and Vincent A. Ciccone, for respondent.

Before DOYLE and McGINLEY, JJ., and SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.


DOYLE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the Fairfield Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 (Fire Company) from an order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) which accepted the recommendation of a hearing examiner and directed that the Fire Company cease and desist from discriminating against females in the selection of fire fighters; that it offer Sarah Marie Henderson (Complainant) instatement as an active member of the Fire Company; that it take...

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