ORDER
PER CURIAM.AND NOW, this 3 rd day of October, 2000, we GRANT the Petition for Allowance of Appeal, and we REVERSE the Order of the Commonwealth Court of June 20, 1996 and REMAND to the trial court for proceedings consistent with our decision in Sadowski v. City of Pittsburgh, 559 Pa. 387, 741 A.2d 180 (1999).