Asplundh Tree Expert Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This is an employer’s petition fox review of an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review affirming a referee’s decision that an employee was entitled to unemployment compensation.

The employer contended that the employee, an equipment manager, was ineligible for compensation because he was discharged for willful misconduct, consisting of the violation of the owner’s direction that the employee not become involved with the employee’s brother’s business of selling used equipment. The employer also sold used equipment.

The employee admitted performing a service…