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NAVICKAS v. UNEMPLOYMENT COMP. REVIEW BD.

787 A.2d 284 (2001)

Marcene NAVICKAS, Appellant, v. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION REVIEW BOARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Badey, Philadelphia, for Marcene Navickas.

Bruce Michael Ludwig, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Service Employees International Union.

Clifford F. Blaze, Harrisburg, for Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review.

Mark Ecker, for Children's Hosp.

Before: FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

In this unemployment compensation matter, the Commonwealth Court determined that nurses "are held to a higher standard of care" than most other employees and, therefore, a nurse's inadvertent or non-intentional mistake constitutes "willful misconduct" under § 402 of the Unemployment Compensation Law, which renders the nurse ineligible for unemployment compensation...

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