Legal Opinion
Atkinson v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 9, 1981No. Appeal, No. 2048 C.D. 1979PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
Tbe petitioner, Sherman S. Atkinson, challenges a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board *537of Review (Board) which denied him benefits on the grounds that his discharge from employment was due to his own willful misconduct.1
The petitioner, who was employed as a welder’s helper by Tygart Steel Company (employer), was discharged in October of 1978 due to excessive absenteeism related to alcoholism. He was reinstated in February of 1979 pursuant to an arbitration agreement which required that he complete an alcohol rehabilitation program and which provided that he…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sweigart v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Doyle v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Domanico v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Ramsey v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Vasquez v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
3Cited by5 opinions
- Carriers Terminal Co. v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Teitell v. UN. COMP. BD. OF REV.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Keg & Butcher Block v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Colonial Beef Co. v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Teitell v. UN. COMP. BD. OF REV.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988