Procito v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

I respectfully dissent. The majority holds that: (1) the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (UCBR) did not err in refusing to remand this case for additional evidence relating to the circumstances under which Joan Procito’s (Claimant) domestic partner left her employment and moved to Florida because the “following spouse doctrine” does not apply to unmarried same-sex couples;1 (2) assuming that the “following spouse doctrine” does apply, Claimant would be ineligible for benefits because Claimant failed to prove that her domestic partner’s decision to…