Pennsylvania Life Insurance v. Department of Employment Security

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the Superior Court erred in awarding attorney fees to an employer who successfully challenged a decision of the Commissioner of Employment Security, allowing benefits to an employee.

Pennsylvania Life Insurance Company sought review pursuant to the administrative procedure act of the commissioner's decision finding that one Dallas Thomas, an office manager of a branch office of the company, had been guilty of no misconduct and therefore was entitled to unemployment benefits. The Superior Court found that the commissioner had not attached…