Court Opinion

ID: 9703667
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 00:03:57.193639+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:51.042846
License: Public Domain

NIGRO, Justice, Concurring.
I join the majority opinion, but write separately to reiterate my belief that the certiorari review as defined in Pennsylvania State Police v. Pennsylvania State Troopers’ Ass’n (Betancourt), 540 Pa.66, 656 A.2d 83 (1995), is too narrow. As I stated in my concurring opinion in Pennsylvania State Police v. Pennsylvania State Troopers Ass’n., 559 Pa. 586, 741 A.2d 1248, 1254-55 (1999), I would add a fifth area to the BetancouH scope of review: whether the arbitration decision is repugnant to public policy or shocks the conscience of the court. Since the arbitrator’s decision in the instant case does not implicate this additional area of review, however, I agree with the disposition reached by the majority.