Quinones v. Board of Review

Defendants appeal from the trial court’s judgment which reversed an administrative decision denying plaintiff’s request to antedate her claim for extended Federal unemployment compensation. The broad issue is whether the defendant agency abused its discretion in denying plaintiff’s claim. Because we find that the agency did not err, we reverse the trial court.

In January of 1977 plaintiff, Delores Quinones, was laid off from her job. She applied for and received unemployment compensation benefits for the maximum of 26 weeks. After exhausting these State benefits she applied for Federal…