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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N

879 A.2d 146 (2005)

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION and Kimberly Hayes, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Caleb Beck, Martin Gerard Malloy, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia, appellant.

W. Michael Mulvey, Richard Raymond Budney, Jr., for Kimberly Hayes, appellee.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice NIGRO.

The issue in this case is whether the Commonwealth Court erred in affirming the trial court's ruling that the Civil Service Commission (the "Commission") could rely on hearsay evidence in the form of unsworn medical records in deciding a claim for injured-on-duty ("IOD") benefits. For the following reasons, we hold that the Commonwealth Court did not err and therefore affirm.

On December 19, 1999, Appellee Kimberly Hayes...

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