
    CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Petitioner, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and Howard Ryder, Respondents.
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    Dec. 1, 1999.
    Martin G. Malloy, William C. McGovern, Philadelphia, for petitioner.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 1st day of December 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted limited to the following issues:

a. Whether the Commonwealth Court’s decision conflicts with prior decisions of this Court and the Commonwealth Court regarding the burden of proving an abnormal working condition in a case seeking benefits for a work-related psychiatric injury.
b. Whether the Commonwealth Court’s decision improperly expands the definition of abnormal working condition in the case of a police officer seeking benefits for psychiatric injury resulting from an armed confrontation with a criminal suspect.  