Legal Opinion

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 31, 1995PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLINS, President Judge.

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh (employer) petitions for review of an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a referee’s decision to award benefits to William Jefferson (claimant) because he voluntarily quit work with cause of a necessitous and compelling nature (good cause), pursuant to Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).1 We affirm.

The facts as found by the referee are that the claimant was employed as a housekeeper *266from June 1979 through January 21, 1994. In September 1987, the claimant spent a period of time in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Estate of McGovern v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Peak v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Colduvell v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Malloy v. UN. COMP. BD. OF REV.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Western & Southern Life Insurance v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  2. Serrano v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. Ann Kearney Astolfi DMD PC v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. Porco v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Comitalo v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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