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Petitions for Allowance of Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 1, 1997
701 A.2d 574 (Pa. 1997)

Summary

holding that the claimant's violation of employer's rule prohibiting unauthorized access of computer medical records was not reasonable or justified where she had alternate means of obtaining the information that would comply with the policy

Summary of this case from Beaumont Ret. Home v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review

Opinion

1997


Summaries of

Petitions for Allowance of Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 1, 1997
701 A.2d 574 (Pa. 1997)

holding that the claimant's violation of employer's rule prohibiting unauthorized access of computer medical records was not reasonable or justified where she had alternate means of obtaining the information that would comply with the policy

Summary of this case from Beaumont Ret. Home v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review

affirming the denial of unemployment compensation benefits for a hospital worker discharged for willful misconduct because she accessed confidential hospital records in violation of hospital policy that pertained to her mother's treatment

Summary of this case from Dept. of Military v. Civil Service Com'n
Case details for

Petitions for Allowance of Appeal

Case Details

Full title:PETITIONS FOR ALLOWANCE OF APPEAL

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jan 1, 1997

Citations

701 A.2d 574 (Pa. 1997)
549 Pa. 718

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