Pouncil v. Kansas Employment Security Board of Review

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This case concerns a denial of unemployment compensation benefits. A divided Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s award of unemployment benefits to Tamatha Pouncil and reinstated the Kansas Employment Security Board of Review’s (Board) denial of benefits. The Court of Appeals held Pouncil’s failure to disclose a prior, material work-related injury on employment forms constitutes “misconduct” under K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 44-706(b)(1). 25 Kan. App. 2d 740. We granted Pouncil’s petition for review. Examining the meaning of misconduct in…