Commissioner of Department of Employment & Training v. Dugan

The central issue of this appeal is whether the factual findings adopted by this court in Matter of Dugan, 416 Mass. 461 (1993) (Dugan I), concerning the removal of the defendant, Janet Rowe Dugan, from her position as clerk-magistrate of the Northampton District Court (trial court) preclude her from contesting that she had committed deliberate misconduct in wilful disregard of her employer’s interest in a subsequent proceeding before the Department of Employment *139and Training (department) to determine her eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits. A review examiner for the department…