Wright v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal of an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which declared Teresa D. Wright (Claimant) ineligible to receive benefits because she was discharged from her employment for willful misconduct.

Claimant was employed by the American Medical Center as a housekeeper for approximately one and one-half years. Uncontroverted testimony at a hearing before a referee indicated that several weeks before Claimant’s termination, a fellow employee ac*280cused her of theft of an employee’s personal property. The employer asked the local police to…