Legal Opinion
Gardner v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 1999No. 97-AA-1939PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Petitioner Bruce Gardner challenges a decision of the Department of Employment Services (DOES) denying him unemployment compensation benefits for the period of June 8, 1997 through June 28, 1997, pursuant to D.C.Code § 46-108(e) (1996), 1 because Gardner’s lump sum severance payment, representing four weeks of salary, when divided into weekly sums, exceeded the amount of weekly benefits which Gardner would have been otherwise eligible to receive. Gardner concedes that the severance payment was to have represented one month of salary beginning with his May 30, 1997…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Washington Times v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Ackerson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Wallace v. District Unemployment Compensation BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Fazio v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
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3Cited by20 opinions
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