Absent a change in the law by the state legislature, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is immune from a breach of contract suit by its retired executive director over a $220,000 payment he claims he’s owed, a deeply split Commonwealth Court en banc has ruled.
The court, addressing an issue the state Supreme Court sidestepped in the 2013 case Scientific Games International v. Department of Revenue, said the state Board of Claims’ exclusive jurisdiction is confined to disputes arising from state agency contracts for the procurement of goods or services. Former executive director Carl Roe’s suit does not fall into either of those categories, the court said.
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