Martin v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Unemployment compensation claimant Robert D. Martin (Claimant) has appealed to us from the decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review affirming the referee’s denial of benefits under Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law1 on the ground that Claimant had voluntarily terminated his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. We reverse.

Claimant was employed by Industrial Sanitation in Reading, Pennsylvania, when he suffered a work-related injury to his back on August 1, 1975. He began collecting workmen’s…