Legal Opinion
Drake v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 26, 1984No. Appeal, No. 2503 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Barbieri,
This is an appeal from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) deny*36ing unemployment compensation benefits to James J. Drake ('Claimant) on the ground that he had been discharged from employment because of -willful misconduct, and was thus disqualified from receiving benefits by the provisions of Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1 We affirm.
Claimant was last employed as a cab driver for the Yellow C,ab Company (Yellow Cab), a position he held from September 27, 1979 until June 3, 1981 when he was discharged because of his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kentucky Fried Chicken of Altoona, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Coulter v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Schappe v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Ungard v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Torelli v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
3Cited by5 opinions
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