Stewart v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming the referee’s decision denying benefits to Marvin Stewart (Claimant) because of willful misconduct.1

Claimant had been employed by the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Employer) for three and one half (3%) years preceding his discharge on June 23, 1977. On June 10, 1977 he was involved in a motor vehicle accident which resulted in his personal injury. He called his Employer on June 14. The substance of that call is in dispute. The Employer’s representative…