Court Opinion

ID: 9757732
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 22:57:05.432091+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:43.664792
License: Public Domain

Justice BALDWIN,
concurring.
I join the majority opinion. I write separately to address the prudent man standard of care. Having given careful consideration to Petitioner’s arguments, I read the majority opinion to confirm that the “prudent man” standard of care, imposed upon the Board, is subsumed within the standard of review for this Court articulated in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1204 (error of law, or order was arbitrary and there was a capricious disregard of the evidence). That is, this Court is not to apply the standard of care itself, but rather, to review whether the Board acted in an arbitrary manner or with capricious disregard for the evidence, a finding which could be supported by the Board’s failure to apply the prudent man standard of care. Because I agree with the majority that the Board did not act in an arbitrary manner or with capricious disregard for the evidence in the instant case, I join that opinion. See, Majority Opinion, op. at 678-79, 927 A.2d at 241-42.