Legal Opinion

Schwartz Unemployment Compensation Case

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1959No. Appeal, No. 370PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an unemployment compensation case in which the claimant was discharged for having fallen asleep in a rest room away from his working area after having been warned by his employer that he should not leave his immediate working area or leave the premises of the employer during working hours. The claimant, Benny Schwartz, was last employed by the Philadelphia Inquirer, on November 16, 1957, as a mailer. The Bureau of Employment Security concluded that his unemployment was due to discharge for willful misconduct connected with his work. The referee reversed the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Curran Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Shanor Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Antinopoulas Unempl. Comp. CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Washington v. Board of ReviewAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991

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