Cundiff v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

In Cundiff v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 88 Pa. Commw. 272, 489 A.2d 948 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1985), the claimant, a nurse's aide, was required to begin feeding patients at 8:00 a.m. However, one morning at 8:00 a.m., the claimant did not begin this duty because she was bathing a patient who had suffered an incident of incontinence. The Court found that the claimant's refusal to leave an elderly, invalid patient in the bathtub so that she could begin feeding other patients was reasonable, noting that it would be unreasonable to jeopardize a patient's safety in order to comply with a work rule.