JOHNSON v. UNEMP. COMP. BD. OF REVIEW


869 A.2d 1095 (2005)

Linda A. JOHNSON, Petitioner v. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BOARD OF REVIEW, Respondent. Brigitte C. Fiordigigli, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Veronica June West, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. James S. Cilione, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Wayne E. Evans, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. John J. Jurbala, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Richard G. Kipp, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Robert Brown, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Charles W. Lentz, Jr., Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Sandra Scalese, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Karen A. Clifford, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Joseph P. Bleznuck, Sr., Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Janet J. Barr, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Richard J. Farabaugh, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Barbara L. Huntzinger, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Melody Mahoner, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Regis G. Rothrauff, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent. Marianne McLaughlin, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew McAneney, Philadelphia, for petitioners, Linda A. Johnson, Veronica West, and Robert Brown; Mark J. Shire, Monessen, for petitioner, Brigitte C. Fiordigigli; Jerry Schuchman, Roslyn, for petitioner, James S. Cilione; Christopher J. Osborne, Scranton, for petitioners, Wayne E. Evans, John J. Jurbala, Richard G. Kipp, Karen A. Clifford and Joseph P. Bleznuck; Wade A. Kagarise, Hollidaysburg, for petitioners Janet Barr and Charles W. Lentz; Edward J. Feinstein, Pittsburgh, for petitioner Sandra Scalese; Richard J. Farabaugh, petitioner, pro se; Ira H. Weinstock, Harrisburg, for petitioner Barbara L. Huntzinger; Melody Mahoner, petitioner, pro se; Regis G. Rothrauff, petitioner, pro se; Marianne McLaughlin, petitioner, pro se.

Maribeth Wilt-Seibert, Asst. Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

BEFORE: ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN, Judge, ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge, and JOSEPH F. McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

These 18 consolidated appeals involve former employees of Verizon (Employer) who accepted some form of a voluntary termination offer and who now assert the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) erred when it determined they were ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law)1 (voluntary leave without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature).

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