Case Name: Thomas S. ABRAHAM, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, Gary W. Crowell, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, and Merle H. Ryan, Deputy Secretary of the Public Works of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-08-17
Citations: 736 A.2d 595
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas S. ABRAHAM, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, Gary W. Crowell, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, and Merle H. Ryan, Deputy Secretary of the Public Works of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, Appellees.
Judges: Justice CAPPY dissents.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 736
Pages: 595–596

Head Matter:
Thomas S. ABRAHAM, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, Gary W. Crowell, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, and Merle H. Ryan, Deputy Secretary of the Public Works of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, Appellees.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 17, 1999.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM;
AND NOW, this 17th day of August, 1999, the Order of the Commonwealth Court is REVERSED, appellant's complaint is REINSTATED and this matter is REMANDED to the Commonwealth Court for further proceedings. The Commonwealth Court misapplied the governing legal standard. Under the Whistleblower Act, 43 P.S. § 1421 et seq., assuming the truth of all the allegations in appellant's Complaint and drawing all inferences reasonably deducible therefrom, appellant has pled facts sufficient to sustain a cause of action. Accordingly, the Commonwealth Court erred by granting appellees' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. Jurisdiction is relinquished.
Justice CAPPY dissents.