Davis v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

This is an appeal from- an order of the Unemployment -Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming the decision-of the referee denying unemployment compensation to the claimant. The claimant was denied unemployment compensation under Section 402 (a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law),1 which provides, inter alia, that an employee is -ineligible for compensation for any week in which his unemployment is due ito his failure, without good cause, to accept suitable work.

David Davis, the claimant, was last employed as a deck hand by Ohio Barge Lines, at a…