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Unemployment Compensation-Award of Benefits-Sufficiency of Evidence
Staff Report//July 14, 2025//
Employer appealed the award of unemployment benefits to its former employee, arguing that there was insufficient evidence to support the award as there was evidence that employee was discharged for misconduct.
Where there was sufficient evidence to indicate that employee’s actions did not rise to the level of misconduct, he was correctly ruled not disqualified from unemployment benefits.
Judgment is affirmed.
Vendtech-SGI LLC v. Benham (MLW No. 83438/Case No. WD87676 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Thomson, J.) Appealed from thee Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. (Trevor M. Bond, for appellant) (Bart A. Matanic, for respondent; David A. Benham, respondent pro se)
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