Centorame v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this appeal by Gruido Centorame from a denial of unemployment compensation benefits by a referee and the Unemployment Compensation Board of ‘Review, the sole question is whether he was ineligible because “engaged in self-employment,”1 in that, after separation from his previous employer, all that he did was that he “had business cards made and placed an advertisement in a newspaper ... holding himself out for home improvement work,” according to the referee’s unoontested finding.

Noting that a conclusion as to self-employment presents a question of law subject to…