Walters v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Concurring Opinion by

Judge Rogers:

I agree that the claimant is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. I do not agree that the court made rule to the effect that unemployed students are presumed to be ineligible for benefits is any longer valid. As we noted in Evanson v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 66 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 411, 444 A.2d 1317 (1982), the recent opinion of the Supreme Court in Penn Hills School District v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 496 Pa. 620, 437 A.2d 1213 (1981) disapproves of the application of exceptions to eligibility which have no…