Aversa v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Joseph Aversa (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying his claim for benefits. The Board found that Claimant intentionally threatened a co-worker in an e-mail in which Claimant stated that he would not forget what the co-worker did to him. The statement was held to be willful misconduct, rendering Claimant ineligible for benefits under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law) 1 Concluding that Claimant’s neutral words were not converted into a threat of harm to property or…