Katz v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge DiSalle,

Bernard Katz (Claimant) appeals from the decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying him benefits by reason of a determination that he became unemployed “through his own fault” within the meaning of Section 3 of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §752. The relevant findings of fact indicate that Claimant had a long standing drinking problem; that he had undergone extensive treatment during his eight years of work with the employer; that the employer had…