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O'ROURKE v. COMMONWEALTH

778 A.2d 1194 (2001)

William H. O'ROURKE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Department of Corrections, Martin F. Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, David H. Larkins, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution-Dallas, Thomas Stachelek, Deputy Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Captain Thomas Martin, John Docknovitch, Mark Rapson, and Samuel Zambeto, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 21, 2001.

Reconsideration Denied October 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Paul Tomaszewski, Wilkes Barre, for William H. O'Rourke.

Raymond W. Dorian and Randall N. Sears, Camp Hill, for Department of Corrections, et al.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court dismissing Appellant William H. O'Rourke's petition for review under Pennsylvania's Whistleblower Law. The primary question presented is whether adverse personnel action taken against an employee of a public body as a direct result of his filing of a good-faith report of wrongdoing or waste violates the Whistleblower...

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