Egan v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

James P. Egan (claimant) seeks review of an order by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision denying unemployment compensation benefits to claimant.

Claimant was last employed by the Borough of Coraopolis (Borough) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, as a policeman, a position he held for thirty-five years.

Prom December 22, 1981, until February 28, 1982, claimant was disabled and receiving workmen’s compensation benefits. During claimant’s illness-related absence from work, the Borough Council, for economic reasons, voted…