Opara v. Carnegie Textile Co.

The claimant’s employer appeals from a determination that it discharged the claimant without just cause, so the claimant was entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. We hold that the agency’s decision was unreasonable and against the manifest weight of the evidence in the administrative record. Therefore, we reverse the administrative decision and the common pleas court decision which affirmed it.

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The claimant’s application for unemployment compensation benefits reported that his employer “fired” him, but the application provided no further explanation. In its response to the bureau’s…