Unemployment Compensation Board of Review of the Commonwealth v. Wright

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Ms. Sara Wright (claimant) was last employed as a switchboard operator for Parkview Hospital until her discharge in August of 1974. After her discharge she applied for unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law 1 (Act). At the referee’s hearing the claimant’s employer testified as to certain acts of willful misconduct on the part of the claimant as the reason for her discharge. The claimant, however, offered explanations for some of the acts and denied others. The referee, giving greater weight to the credibility of the…