Legal Opinion

Wasko v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 27, 1985No. Appeal, No. 1953 C.D. 1983PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Senior Judge Kalish,

Inez Wasko appeals from the order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming the decision of a referee denying her unemployment compensation benefits on the ground that she voluntarily quit work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.1 We reverse.

Wasko contends that the Board erred in concluding that she left work without a cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. Although the Board is the ultimate finder of facts, the conclusion of whether a claimant had cause of a necessitous and compelling nature for leaving work is a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Willet v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Penkola v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Middletown Township v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Ann Kearney Astolfi DMD PC v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  3. Watkins v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. Craighead-Jenkins v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012

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