Jefferis v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Leonard S. Jefferis, Jr., (claimant) appeals here from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed the decision of the referee denying him unemployment benefits on the grounds that he was discharged for willful misconduct and was therefore ineligible for benefits. Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e). We will affirm.

The claimant was last employed as a truck driver by Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. (employer), when, in…