Thomas v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review which denied Raymond L. Thomas (Claimant) unemployment compensation benefits.

Claimant began his employment with Dick’s Auto Supply in 1947. From February 1953 to 1970, he was the manager. However in 1970, due to the progressive deterioration of his wife’s physical condition (multiple sclerosis), Claimant requested that he be relieved of his duties as manager and that he be retained as a counterman.

His employer, on February 25, 1973, planned a once a year inventory program. On…