Pastorius v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Kenneth Pastorius has appealed an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which reversed a referee’s award of benefits. The Board’s action was based on its conclusion that Mr. Pastorius had failed to prove that his voluntary termination of his employment was due to a cause of necessitous and compelling nature.

Mr. Pastorius was employed as a maintenance worker by the Limewood Company for about four years. He testified at the referee’s hearing that on or about July 2, 1976 he was fired by Limewood’s plant manager, a Mr. Downing. Mr. Downing,…