Legal Opinion

Estate of Fells ex rel. Boulding v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The estate of Truman I. Fells, Jr. (Fells) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (UCBR) denying his petition for unemployment benefits. We affirm.

Fells worked for Caterpillar, Inc. (Employer) for more than twenty years in various positions including materials handler and tow truck driver. Because of medical restrictions placed upon him by his treating physician, Perry Eagle, M.D., Employer transferred Fells to a Shop Helper I position.1 Between April 26, 1991 and May 24, 1991, Dr. Eagle decreased Fells’ restrictions allowing him to perform…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Peak v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Walker v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Kentucky Fried Chicken of Altoona, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Frumento v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Dehus v. UN. COMP. BD. OF REV.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Arbster v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Jordon v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Northern Health Facilities v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Borough of Grove City v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. L. Tran v. UCBRCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2025

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