Lopez v. Employment Security Division of the New Mexico Department of Labor

OPINION

SOSA, Chief Justice.

The district court reversed the decision of the Employment Security Division of the New Mexico Department of Labor (ESD) to disqualify Eva M. Lopez (claimant) under Section 51-1-7(A) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, NMSA 1978, Sections 51-1-1 through 51-1-55 (Repl.Pamp.1987 & Cum.Supp.1990). After a bench trial, the district court concluded ESD’s hearing officer erred as a matter of law in disqualifying claimant from receiving benefits because of her termination of part-time employment. The court ordered claimant to reimburse ESD $204.00, which represented an…