Cafolla v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying unemployment benefits to Sophia Cafolla. Cafolla had been granted benefits by the referee, who found that she had necessitous and compelling reasons for leaving her job at the Philadelphia State Hospital.1 The Board reversed the referee’s determination, and we affirm the Board’s order.

At issue before us is whether, as a matter of law, appellant carried her burden of proving that her voluntary termination of employment was for necessitous and compelling reasons. Evidence…