Legal Opinion

Westwood v. UN. COMP. BD. OF REV.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 5, 1987No. Appeal, 198 C.D. 1987PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Carolee Westwood (Claimant) petitions for our review of an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referees decision to deny benefits to Claimant on the ground that she voluntarily terminated her employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. See Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b). We affirm.

Claimant was employed by the Northampton County Children and Youth Service (Employer) as a clerk-typist until…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Genetin v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Beattie v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Evasovich v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Gennaria v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Connelly v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. PECO Energy Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Freeman v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. Thiessen v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Cullen v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Weaver v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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