03/26/2026
OGC Law is happy to report another favorable case result. OGC Law represents City of DuBois police chief Blaine Clark, who was purportedly but improperly terminated from his employment by a vote of the DuBois City Council. The City, along with individual defendants who conspired to terminate chief Clark without the legal authority to do so, had filed preliminary objections seeking to have the entire case dismissed. The Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County overruled those preliminary objections as to chief Clark’s breach of contract and civil conspiracy claims, allowing those claims to proceed. The Court noted that the City Council lacked the power to terminate chief Clark’s employment contract. The Court dismissed chief Clark’s other counts, which had sought to also hold the defendants liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law, and hold the individual defendants liable for tortious interference with contract. The case has generated significant interest in the media.
update: there was an article published regarding the case in the Courier Express:
CLEARFIELD — A specially presiding judge has dismissed some claims in former DuBois Police Chief Blaine Clark’s lawsuit against the City of DuBois and several former city officials but ruled