Opinion

Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Gervasi

  • 22 Pa. Commw. 535
  • 349 A.2d 504
  • 1975 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 1365
Court
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Dec 29, 1975
Status
Published
Author
Kramer
On the bench
Kramer, Rogers, Wilkinson
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 9.0%

The opinion

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

These are appeals by Michael J. Gervasi, Michael F. Kozempel, and Salvatore Martines from orders of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review dated February 18 and March 5, 1975, in which the Board sustained a reduction of the appellants’ benefits in accordance with Section 404(d) (iii) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second. Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §804 (d) (iii), and this Court’s decision in G. C. Murphy Company v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 13 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 537 , 319 A.2d 438 (1974).

The sole issue presented is whether this Court erred on the question of statutory interpretation involved in G. C. Murphy. The parties agree on all of the significant *537 facts, and they further agree that, unless we overrule G. C. Murphy, that case controls the instant appeal and the Board must be affirmed. The appellants urge us to reconsider G. C. Murphy.

We have carefully examined G. C. Murphy in light of the arguments advanced by the appellants, and we find no contention that was not considered thoroughly when we reached our decision in that case.

We see no reason to overrule G. C. Murphy, and, consequently, we

Order

And Now, this 29th day of December, 1975, it is ordered that the orders of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review dated February 18 and March 5, 1975, in the above-captioned matters, are affirmed.

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