POLICE PENSION FUND ASS'N BD. v. HESS


127 Pa.Commw. 498 (1989)

562 A.2d 391

POLICE PENSION FUND ASSOCIATION BOARD, an Agency of the City of Reading, Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Thomas P. HESS, Appellee. Thomas P. HESS, Appellant, v. POLICE PENSION FUND ASSOCIATION BOARD, an Agency of the City of Reading, Pennsylvania, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 30, 1989.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied November 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack A. Linton, City Sol., Peter F. Cianci, First Asst. City Sol., Reading, for appellant/appellee, Police Pension Fund Ass'n Bd., an Agency of the City of Reading, Pa.

Anthony C. Busillo, II, Harrisburg, for appellee/appellant, Thomas P. Hess.

Before CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge, McGINLEY, J., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


McGINLEY, Judge.

The Police Pension Fund Association Board (Fund) and Police Officer Thomas P. Hess (Hess) cross-filed for summary judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (common pleas court). The common pleas court determined that the City of Reading (City) was estopped from denying pension benefits to Hess because he relied on the City's prior representation that he would be eligible for benefits after twenty years service. The common pleas court entered...

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