Mississippi Department Employment Security v. Clark

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES),1 appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Leake County, Mississippi that reversed the decision of the MDES Board of Review (Board of Review), which denied unemployment benefits to Raymond Clark. The MDES contends that the circuit court erred by finding that Clark’s employer, Peco Foods of Sebastopol, Mississippi (Employer), failed to prove by substantial evidence that Clark committed disqualifying misconduct pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 71-5-513(A)(l)(b) (Supp.2008), when he…