Chapman v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Section 401(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §801 (d.), provides that compensation shall be payable to an employe who becomes unemployed and who is “able to work and available for suitable work.” The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review held that David R. Chapman, Jr. was ineligible for compensation because he was not able to work and not available for suitable work. We must affirm that decision.

Mr. Chapman was employed as a meat inspector by the United States Department of…