Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencee,

This appeal has been brought by Phaethon Williams (claimant) from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a referee’s denial of benefits based on willful misconduct under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5,1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e). We affirm.

In December 1975, claimant was a custodial worker for Pennsylvania Hospital. As a result of an automobile accident, claimant was absent from work from December 6,1975 until January 27,1976. In mid-January 1976, he was…