Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Lego

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The critical issue in this appeal from the decision and order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review is whether Annetta Jane Lego (Claimant) voluntarily quit her employment with cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.1

It is undisputed Claimant voluntarily quit, and it is alleged she did so because she was physically incapable of continuing in her job.2 Since she voluntarily terminated her employment, the burden rests upon her to show cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Holtz, 19 Pa.…