Burkhart v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

This is an appeal from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), affirming the referee’s decision denying unemployment compensation benefits to James E. Burkhart (Claimant).

Claimant had been employed by Mercer Gas and Water Company for approximately three years prior to his discharge on June 10, 1977. Claimant was discharged for 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).

Upon application, the Bureau of…