Title: Rodriguez, L., Pet. v. U.C.B.R. (Summary Disposition)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 199 EAL 2008
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: November 3, 2008

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT LYDIA M. RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner v. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BOARD OF REVIEW, Respondent : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 199 EAL 2008 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 28th day of October, 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, and, because the evidence of record does not, as a matter of law, establish Petitioner committed an act of willful misconduct such that a denial of unemployment benefits was proper under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, the order of the Commonwealth Court affirming the denial of unemployment benefits is hereby reversed. See Grieb v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 827 A.2d 422 (Pa. 2003) (an employee’s inadvertent violation of employer’s work rule does not constitute willful misconduct which would result in a denial of benefits to the employee under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law); Navickas v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 787 A.2d 284 (Pa. 2001) (same).