Mohiuddin v. State Department of Industrial Relations

RUSSELL, Judge.

Ahsan Mohiuddin filed for unemployment compensation benefits after he separated from employment with USBI Company in December 1988. USBI sought to deny benefits, alleging that it had terminated Mohiuddin’s employment after discovering that he had provided the company with a falsified medical excuse concerning a three-day absence from work in October 1988. Mohiuddin pursued his administrative remedies, and the Board of Appeals affirmed his disqualification from benefits.

Mohiuddin appealed to the circuit court, where a trial de novo was held. The trial court disqualified…