Ferris v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

James J. Ferris’s denial of unemployment compensation benefits by a referee and the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) is the basis of this appeal We affirm.

We hold that the Board did not err in determining that Ferris’s conduct constituted willful misconduct. Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Act), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e).

*569Ferris, a truck driver, was discharged from work for failure to perform assigned mechanical work on his vehicle. At the referee’s hearing, his…