Legal Opinion

Matthews Unemployment Compensation Case

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1959No. Appeal, No. 16PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This is an unemployment compensation case in which the sole issue is whether the claimant is guilty of wilful misconduct within the meaning of that term as used in §102(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 13 PS §802(e), if, after numerous warnings, he is discharged for being habitually late. The Bureau of Employment Security found the claimant ineligible to receive benefits. The referee reversed the bureau’s decision and allowed benefits. The Board of Review reversed the decision of the referee and found the claimant ineligible to receive benefits. It made, inter…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Devlin Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Mettetal Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Siderio Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Broadway & Fourth Avenue Realty Co. v. CrabtreeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1962
  2. Backer Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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