Verizon Services Corp. v. Board of Review of Workforce West Virginia

LOUGHRY, Justice:

The petitioner, Verizon Services Corp. ("Verizon"), appeals the February 22, 2017, final order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County affirming a decision of the respondent, the Board of Review of Workforce West Virginia ("Board"), that granted twenty-five Verizon employees, respondents herein ("the claimants" 1 ), unemployment compensation benefits for a period of time during which they were on strike. In this appeal, Verizon argues that the lower tribunals erred by not finding that a "stoppage of work" occurred at its Clarksburg facility during the strike which disqualified…