Brooks v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Senior Judge Kalish,

Petitioner, James E. Brooks, seeks review of an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referees decision denying unemployment compensation benefits to him based on a finding of willful misconduct under section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).1 We affirm.

Petitioner was last employed by Empire Kosher as a laborer. He had been under the care of a chiropractor for back problems and had been off work because of this *352back problem. He returned to work on February 26, 1987, at 6:00 a.m., his usual starting time,…