Appeal from the Order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review in case of In Re: Claim of Albert Kuperavage, No. B-149316.
Robert G. Radebach, for petitioner.
Charles G. Hasson, Assistant Attorney General, with him Gerald Gornish, Attorney General, for respondent.
President Judge Bowman and Judges Wilkinson, Jr. and Mencer, sitting as a panel of three. Opinion by Judge Wilkinson, Jr.
[ 41 Pa. Commw. Page 512]
Claimant was employed as a laborer at $6.20 an hour. On Thursday, January 6, 1977, while returning home from work his car broke down. While repairable, it would not pass inspection. Claimant was anticipating marriage and his bride-to-be asked him not to buy a replacement car until after they were married. He agreed. There was no other means of transportation available, public or private.
On Monday, January 10, 1977, he called his employer and explained the situation. The employer observed that claimant had already missed two days and he directed him to report the next day or quit. Claimant said, "I quit."
The only explanation offered by claimant for not obtaining a replacement car was the request of his bride-to-be to defer the purchase until after their wedding.
The Bureau of Employment Security, referee, and Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) granted benefits. We must reverse.
The Board rests its case on its finding of fact No. 4.
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. Claimant was unable to get transportation or to get the car fixed and no public transportation is available to his place of employment.
In the brief, able counsel for the Board asserts that this puts the case under our ruling in Boob v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 18 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 624, 337 A.2d 293 (1975). We do not agree. In Boob, supra, the claimant met the test that transportation inconvenience must present an insurmountable problem. Here the primary problem was the bride-to-be's request not to replace the car. Surely it cannot be concluded that common sense, prudence, and reasonableness under these circumstances would lead to the conclusion to ...