Michael J. Beagan v. Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Board of Review

Citations

• 162 A.3d 619
• 2017 WL 2656483
• 2017 R.I. LEXIS 88

Syllabus

The claimant, Michael J. Beagan, filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court seeking review of a decision of the District Court affirming the denial of his unemployment benefits. Following his termination from employment with the defendant, Albert Kemperle, Inc., the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT) denied Beagan's application for unemployment benefits on the basis that it had found he had been discharged for \disqualifying reasons\ pursuant to the Rhode Island Employment Security Act. After exhausting his administrative remedies, Beagan sought review in District Court where DLT's decision was affirmed. The Supreme Court issued a writ of certiorari and held that legally competent evidence did not exist in the record to support the District Court's decision affirming the Board of Review's finding that Beagan was discharged for \disqualifying reasons\ in the manner contemplated by the Rhode Island Employment Security Act. Accordingly, the Supreme Court quashed the judgment of the District Court, and directed entry of judgment in Beagan's favor.