Edwards v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

This is an appeal from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming the referee’s decision which found the claimant financially ineligible for benefits pursuant to Sections 401 and 404 of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Act), Act of December 5,1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §§801 and 804. We affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. Claimant was involved in an automobile accident on the way home from work on October 16, 1977. As a result of injuries sustained in the accident, claimant was unable to resume…