Cooperman v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Opinion

LORING, J. *

Jack Cooperman (Cooperman), filed claims for unem ployment insurance between August 6, 1972, and January 31, 1973. He was paid $1,428 in benefits by the Department of Human Resources, now the Employment Development Department (Department). Department later discovered that Cooperman was the president and sole shareholder of a viable corporation, Image Films, Inc. (Image). Department concluded that by reason of the fact that he was president of a corporation, he was not unemployed, and was therefore overpaid $1,428.

Cooperman appealed to a referee of the California…