Yerger v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this appeal from a denial of unemployment compensation benefits on the ground of willful misconduct, for failure to report continued absence after warnings to do so, the claimant relies primarily upon the fact, as confirmed in a finding by the Board, that his final absence was due to illness.

However, the record also supports the board’s finding that a physician had certified the claimant to return to work earlier, on August 10, 1981. Despite previous written and spoken warnings, as established in the record, the board found, on the basis of substantial evidence, that:

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