Dantzler v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

This is an appeal by Gena G. Dantzler (petitioner) from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying unemployment compensation pursuant to Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).1 For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

On December 8, 1984, petitioner, a Psychiatric Aide I, was on duty in a cafeteria of the Philadelphia State Hospital. One of the patients, a male amputee confined to a wheelchair, was attempting to eat food from a garbage can. Although several of the aides on duty yelled at the patient in an effort to…