Green v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Patricia J. Green (claimant) appeals here from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision denying benefits pursuant to Section 3 of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, 43 P.S. $752. (A claimant is ineligible for benefits where she is unemployed through her own “fault.”)

*178The claimant, a licensed practical nnrse, was employed by Polk Center, a Commonwealth institution for the mentally retarded operated by the Department of Public Welfare (employer),…