Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Williams

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which *190affirmed an order of the referee denying benefits to William H. Williams (claimant). The basis of the Board’s decision was that claimant had been discharged because of his willful misconduct1 in absenting himself from work.

Claimant was last employed as a night-shift taxicab driver by the Yellow Cab Company. While absent from work because of illness, he was involved in an accident on January 26,1974, in which he received a blow to the head. He advised the night superintendent…