Legal Opinion

Wigfield v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 2, 1982No. Appeal, No. 1909 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Cheryl Wigfield seeks review of a decision of the unemployment compensation authorities that she is ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits for having voluntarily terminated her employment without cause of a compelling and necessitous nature within the meaning of Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 P.S. §802(b) (1).

Before she left her job, the claimant had been employed for approximately four months by the Waynesboro Knitting Mills as an ironer. In October, 1980, the claimant underwent surgery and was thereafter absent *536from work for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Deiss v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. McQuiston v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Farley v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Curry v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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