LaRose v. Department of Employment Security

The appellant challenges a Vermont Employment Security Board decision finding him disqualified for unemployment benefits under 21 V.S.A. § 1344(a) (2) (A). In dealing with this claim, the majority rewrites Anglo-American jurisprudence, informing us that “equity precedes the *516law.” With this, quite clearly, I can not agree. The law dictates the proper decision in this case. Further, this Court should not second guess and supersede the Board’s informed judgment without a factual basis clearly dictating such action. The majority here even admits that this is a close question. We are not a trial…