Devlin v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Garth Devlin (Claimant) appeals here from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision denying him benefits and held that Claimant’s intentional refusal to follow his Employer’s1 safety rule, as to the proper method of notching and felling trees near high voltage power lines, constituted willful misconduct under the provisions of Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.2

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether the Board erred in its determination that the Employer met its burden of proving…