Unemployment Compensation Board v. Stiles

Opinion by

Judge Mencek,

This is an unemployment compensation case in which all the compensation authorities denied benefits to the claimant because they concluded that his unemployment was due to a discharge for willful misconduct, in violation of Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P. L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802 (e).1

The claimant, James A Stiles, was employed for seven years as an offset helper by Federal Paper Board Company. On September 13, 1973, he was discharged by his foreman for allegedly threatening his foreman…