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FAIRFIELD TP. VOL. FIRE v. PA. HUMAN REL.

530 Pa. 441 (1992)

609 A.2d 804

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 11, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony P. Picadio, Sherman & Picadio, Pittsburgh and Richard F. Flickinger, Flickinger & Welty, Ligonier, for appellant.

Vincent A. Ciccone, Asst. Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Human Relations Com'n, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The issue raised by this case is whether a complainant under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, 43 P.S. § 955(a), has made out a prima facie case of unlawful discrimination because of failure to hire based on the employer's failure to establish specific qualifications for the job applied for.

On April 1, 1982 Sarah Henderson applied for the position of firefighter...

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