Lee v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Edward C. Lee (claimant) appeals here from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Beview (Board) which denied him benefits pursuant to Section 402(e) of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802 (e).1

The claimant, who was nearing his 65th birthday, planned to retire on July 29, 1979 from his job as general manager of Daniels Cadillac (Daniels), a business located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he had been employed for twelve years. In March of 1979, however,…