Legal Opinion
Fritsche Unemployment Compensation Case
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 14, 1961No. Appeal, No. 220PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Montgomery, J.,
The claimant was last employed by the First German Sick Benefit Society, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, as a bartender. His last day of work was August 29, 1960, when he refused to comply with the directions of his superior to burn some trash and clean the floor area around the incinerator, whereupon he was discharged.
The Bureau of Employment Security, the Referee, and the Board of Review all concluded that the claimant’s unemployment was the result of willful misconduct connected with his work and he, therefore, was disqualified from receiving benefits under the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Weimer Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Sopko Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Lux Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Danville Silk Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Otto Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In Re CollingsworthCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1973
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- Brennan v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Helmick v. Kansas Employment Security Board of ReviewCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1992
- Becker v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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