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CUMMINGS v. NATIONAL R.R. PASS. CORP.

514 Pa. 230 (1987)

523 A.2d 338

Lieut. Thomas CUMMINGS, Lieut. John Gallagher, Lieut. Ronald Stachowski, Lieut. William Boland, Lieut. Stephen McGovern, Lieut. John Ryan, Lieut. Kurt Kemmessies, Lieut. Michael Amico, Sgt. Neville Booth, Lieut. Michael Serfess, Lieut. Lawrence Clark, Lieut. John Riggin, Lieut. Harold Plude, Lieut. Robert Slimbock, Lieut. Harry Halbe, Lieut. John Griffin, Sgt. Vaughn Carver, Sgt. Charles Yager, Sgt. Gerald Adams, Sgt. Stephen Warner, Sgt. Carl Gustafson, Sgt. Richard Yost, Sgt. Robert Crowley, Sgt. Frank Rapinesi, and Sgt. Robert Coulson, Appellants, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander A. DiSanti, John M. Gallagher, Jr., Media, for appellants.

Allen J. Gross, Michael J. Ossip, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice:

Appellants appeal by allowance a Superior Court order which affirmed a judgment n.o.v. entered by Delaware County Common Pleas. Appellants sued claiming that appellee, AMTRAK, promised them full time supervisory positions in its police force and breached that promise by later demoting them. In reliance, they quit other jobs as security or police officers. The court returned a verdict in appellants' favor. However...

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