Gorton v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Before this Court, is an appeal by Garnett Gorton (Claimant) from a decision and order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) reversing a referee’s award of unemployment compensation benefits. The grounds for reversal are that Claimant had engaged in disqualifying “willful misconduct” under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law),1 43 P.S. §802(e).

Claimant was a truck driver for the Engel Van Service (Employer) regularly transporting cargoes of mail between Erie and Pittsburgh. On February 4, 1981, Claimant, located in Erie, made…