Hurst v. State, Division of Administration

PONDER, Judge.

Defendant, Louisiana Department of Corrections, appealed from the reversal of the determination by the Louisiana Employment Security Board of Review that plaintiff was not entitled to unemployment benefits.

The issues are the scope of judicial review and whether the cost of transportation existing prior to employment can be a “good cause connected with employment” so as to entitle claimant to unemployment benefits.

We reverse and render.

Plaintiff obtained employment at the Dixon Correctional Institute located approximately forty-five miles from his home. He planned to arrange a…