McCann v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

This case concerns the propriety of an assessment of counsel fees against Appellant, the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (the “Board”), under Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 2744.

Appellee, Virginia McCann (“McCann”), was employed by CR’s Friendly Market (“Employer”) until April 30, 1996, when she was discharged for allegedly looking through a co-employee’s purse. McCann subsequently applied for unemployment compensation benefits, which were initially denied by the Job Center upon a finding of willful misconduct. At the ensuing hearing before the…