Koscur Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

In this unemployment compensation case, the bureau, the referee and the board found that the claimant was no longer eligible for benefits under Section 402(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 P.S. §802(a).

Section 402(a) provides: “An employe shall be ineligible for compensation for any week — (a) In which his unemployment is due to failure, without good cause ... to accept suitable work when offered to him by the employment office . . .”

The claimant had been employed as a motorman by the Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Company until June 24, 1960. On December 29,…