Mooney v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Thomas Mooney (claimant), an alcoholic employed as a janitor by the Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Center of Philadelphia, began drinking after work on Friday, December 12, 1975. He continued to drink throughout the weekend, eventually falling into an alcoholic stupor. As a result, he failed to report for work on Monday morning, December 15. His supervisor visited him at home on several occasions during the rest of the week, ordering claimant to “sleep it off and come in in the morning and go to work. ’ ’ Finding claimant still intoxicated on Friday, the supervisor…