Lingenfelter v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

Petitioner appeals an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision denying unemployment compensation benefits to Petitioner. We reverse the Board’s order.

After seven weeks of employment as an assistant manager trainee at a grocery store, Petitioner was put in charge of the store during a holiday weekend. En route to depositing the store sales receipts in a bank, Petitioner was robbed. Subsequently, Petitioner was discharged from employment and applied for unemployment compensation. The Bureau of Employment…