Long v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Howard Long appeals an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review order denying him benefits. We vacate and remand.

Long had been employed as a mechanic at a scrap metal plant for 11 years when his brother brought his automobile to the plant to be scrapped. The car was weighed, and a check was issued to the brother for the scrap value. The car was left on the premise for further processing. Two days later, Long, during his lunch break, moved the car to a garage, removed two tires and the battery,1 then pushed the car ,to the scale to be weighed and…