Worthington v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Opinion

DEVINE, J. *

This is an appeal from a judgment in an administrative mandamus proceeding under section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in which the trial judge, having exercised his independent judgment on the evidence, sustained a decision of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. By the board’s decision, which adopts the referee’s statement of facts and reasons for decision, appellant herein was held liable for overpayment of unemployment benefits in the amount of $835.

Appellant, a young lawyer, who had been employed by a law firm, was separated from his situation…