Crowder v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The claimant1 appeals here from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review affirming a referee’s decision that he was ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits because he had been discharged from his employment for willful misconduct.2

The claimant was employed as a bricklayer helper by the United States Steel Corporation (employer), and on December 2, 1975, he was treated by the employer’s physician for back pains. The physician advised the claimant to seek help from his personal physician and the claimant’s ensuing absence from .work on December…