Crescenzi v. Employment Division

The issue in this unemployment compensation appeal is whether claimant had good cause for his voluntary resignation as chief of the Beavercreek Rural Fire Protection District (District). The referee found that he did not; the Employment Appeals Board, one member dissenting, affirmed although on somewhat different grounds from those stated by the referee. We reverse and remand for reconsideration.

Claimant was injured on the job in 1979. After some time off for recovery, he returned to work but continued to suffer pain from the injury. On January 29, 1982, he requested and received a 120-day…