Molly Lewis Sasso, P.A. v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission

To successfully challenge an appeals referee’s findings of fact, an appellant must demonstrate a lack of competent, substantial record evidence supporting the findings. See Borakove v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 14 So.3d 249, 252 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). Here, competent substantial evidence in the record supports the appeals referee’s findings. And so we must affirm.

Specifically, claimant testified that she was not intoxicated at work on the day at issue in this case. The appeals referee found this testimony “more credible” than other evidence presented and ultimately resolved material…