Urso v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Petitioner appeals an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming the denial of benefits by a referee on the ground of willful misconduct, pursuant to Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e). We affirm.

Petitioner was employed by Bloomsburg Mills (employer) for nearly three and one-half years as a machine cleaner. On Wednesday, December 15, 1976, at *595■approximately 11:30 in the morning the local sheriff arrived at employer’s…