Coutu v. State

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the record below supports the trial court’s finding that the plaintiffs willfully or knowingly failed to disclose a material fact in obtaining benefits from the department of employment security (DES). Laws 1955, 141:20, now codified at RSA 282-A:164 (Supp. 1981). We affirm.

This case arises from the unemployment compensation claims the plaintiff Albert Coutu filed with DES for the weeks of May 21, 1977, *161through September 17, 1977, and those claims which the plaintiff Aline Coutu filed from May through September 1980. In November 1980, the…