Adams v. Administrator, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services

This is an appeal by the Administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services (hereinafter “bureau”) of the judgment of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas reversing the bureau’s denial of unemployment compensation benefits to appellee George D. Adams.

Adams initially was found to be eligible for benefits after termination by his employer, Cleveland Tractor Company, Inc., in August 1980; he received $2,424 in benefits. Subsequently, the administrator found that Adams had made “fraudulent” misrepresentations and that he was self-employed and ordered him to repay the $2,424 he had…