Nizza v. Adams

The first issue is whether at a de novo hearing pursuant to RSA 282:5 G(3) the trial court may deny a claimant unemployment benefits for “voluntarily leaving employment without good cause” when the department had not raised that reason for disqualification in any of the prior proceedings. We hold that it may not. The second issue is whether both of the appeal tribunal’s reasons for disqualification were .reversed by the findings of the trial court. We hold that they were.

The plaintiff worked as a hearing aid salesman for defendant Leo F. Seelig, d/b/a Beltone Hearing Aid Service from February…