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CARR v. DEPT. OF TRANSP

No. 3 MAP 2019.

230 A.3d 1075 (2020)

Rachel L. CARR, v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Civil Service Commission. Appeal of: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: May 19, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance M. Edwards, Esq. , Harrisburg, Nicholas Daniel Mertens, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Denise H. Farkas, Esq. , Office of Chief Counsel, Denise Joy Smyler, Esq. , Office of General Counsel Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for Appellant.

Kyle Bruce Milliron, Esq. , Law Office of Kyle B. Milliron, for Appellee.

Michael McAuliffe Miller, Esq. , Tricia Snyder Springer, Esq., Esq. , Harrisburg, for Amicus Curiae County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.

Marc Rotenberg, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Electronic Privacy Information Center.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

We granted allowance of appeal in this matter to consider whether a government employer properly terminated a probationary employee based on messages she posted to a social networking website. As set forth herein, we conclude that the Commonwealth...

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