Carroll v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Richard Carroll (Claimant) brings this appeal from a determination of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which denied Claimant unemployment compensation benefits based on a determination that Claimant had voluntarily terminated his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(b).

Claimant’s primary contention is that he justifiably terminated his employment for reasons of health.1 In order to…