Garrard v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises from a decision of the Lowndes County Circuit Court, affirming the finding of the Board of Review (the Board) of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) that Peggy Garrard is not entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. Feeling aggrieved, Garrard appeals and argues that the circuit court erred in affirming the Board’s ruling.

¶ 2. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 3. Garrard worked as a newspaper carrier for the Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company (the Dispatch) in Columbus, Mississippi, for thirteen years.…