Legal Opinion
Peak v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 12, 1985No. 45 Western District Appeal Docket, 1984PublishedCited by 328 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
This is an unemployment compensation claimant’s appeal by allowance of a Commonwealth Court decision affirming the Unemployment Compensation Board’s denial of benefits. Reversing a referee’s decision for appellant, Commonwealth Court and the Board held appellant’s employer had met its burden of showing willful misconduct under Section 402(e) of our Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Session, P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. § 802(e), which precludes benefits.
Appellant contends the referee’s award of benefits was…
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