Legal Opinion

Johnson v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COM'N

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 4, 1996No. 95-1729PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

680 So.2d 1073 (1996)

Josephine D. JOHNSON, Appellant,

v.

UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, et al., Appellee.

No. 95-1729.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 4, 1996.

Josephine D. Johnson, Winter Garden, pro se.

John D. Maher, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

HARRIS, Judge.

While we agree that dishonesty is and should be grounds for dismissal and denial of benefits, there are some cases—and this is one of them—when the actor's intent simply is not that clear and we must rely on the factfinder's determination as to whether the misrepresentation was willful.

These are the facts…

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lewis v. Unemployment Appeals Com'nDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  2. Proffitt v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COM'NDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Godwin v. Department of Professional RegulationDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  4. Ordnance Research, Inc. v. SterlingDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  5. Signal Applied Technologies, Inc. v. FinleyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Unemployment Appeals Com'nDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  2. Arbor Tree Management, Inc. v. Florida Unemployment Appeals CommissionDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  3. Anderson v. Unemployment Appeals CommissionDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  4. Hialeah Housing Authority v. Florida Unemployment Appeals CommissionDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  5. Seminole County Board of County Commissioners v. Eden Park Village Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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