Lizzi v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

This matter comes before this Court on a petition for writ of mandamus to have this Court order the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review “to entertain the petition for allowance of appeals filed by petitioner... or, in the alternative, hold a hearing to determine whether or not petitioner and the others similarly situated failed to file timely appeals as a result of fraud or misrepresentation.”

Petitioner and some 100 others similarly situated were separated from their employment on March 5, 1970. Petitioner had been employed with the Company, intervening…