Bliss v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review affirmed a referee’s denial of benefits to Corrine *130D. Bliss under Section 402(i) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1 We affirm.

The single issue before us to resolve is whether in this factual posture Bliss had a contract to teach the fall and winter terms of 1977-78.

Bliss was a part-time instructor at the University of Pittsburgh and was granted unemployment compensation benefits in April, 1977, following her last teaching day of the semester.

This Court has, in interpreting “contract”, stated that it need not be a…