City of Arnold v. Wage Policy Comm. of Arnold Police Dep't ex rel. Cimino

• Decision Date: 26 October 2016
• Docket Number: No. 238 WAL 2016,238 WAL 2016
• Citation: 160 A.3d 764 (Table)
• Parties: CITY OF ARNOLD, Pennsylvania, Respondent v. WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE OF the CITY OF ARNOLD POLICE DEPARTMENT, o/b/o Pamela Cimino, Petitioners
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

160 A.3d 764 (Table)

CITY OF ARNOLD, Pennsylvania, Respondent

v.WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE OF the CITY OF ARNOLD POLICE DEPARTMENT, o/b/o Pamela Cimino, Petitioners

No. 238 WAL 2016

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 26, 2016

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 26th day of October, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:

Is a dispute between a union and a municipality arising out of a surviving spouse's pension benefit arbitrable under the Collective Bargaining by Policemen or Firemen Act, 43 P.S. §§ 217.1-217.10, where the benefit was afforded to the surviving spouse of a police officer or firefighter statutorily, and incorporated into the parties collective bargaining agreement?