Legal Opinion

Spare v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 16, 1981No. Appeal, No. 1984 C.D. 1980PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Claimant,1 in this appeal from a denial of compensation by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, questions the referee’s conclusion that her discharge was the result of willful misconduct.2

Last employed as a clerk in the accounting department of Brockway Glass Company, the claimant was *572suspended and later discharged for making a number of harassing phone calls to the plant manager, and for sending a sympathy card to his home which stated that he was being watched. The claimant admitted both to the police and to her employer that she had made the phone calls,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. MacFarlane v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Tongel v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Biggs v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Boyle v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. T. Pierce-Boyce v. UCBRCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2022

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