Evans v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In these consolidated cases, Thomas J. Evans, Gilbert J. Falvo, Ralph Mazzocohi and Manuel G. Ganopules, former employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Auditor General, appeal decisions of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, which affirmed a referee’s denial of benefits to each claimant pursuant to section 3 of the Unemployment Compensation Law1 — that persons unemployed through fault of their own are ineligible for benefits. We must determine (1) whether the claimants’ conduct amounted to fault under section 3, (2) whether the claimants’ actions were too…