Poll v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation Act

The plaintiffs were employees of the Armstrong Rubber Company at its eastern division facility located in West Haven.1 The following facts, adopted by the trial court in its memorandum of decision, were derived from the appeal referee’s findings of facts, the transcript of the hearing, and the record prior to the time the cases were consolidated. See footnote 1, supra. The named plaintiff, Alex Poll, was laid off from work for one week in November, 1978, and for another week in January, 1979. Poll filed a claim for state unemployment compensation benefits on November 16,1978. On September…