Ruiz v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Octavio Ruiz (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying his claim for unemployment compensation benefits. The Board, reversing the decision of a referee, found that Claimant had committed willful misconduct by smoking marijuana on his employer’s property, which conduct rendered him ineligible for benefits. We affirm.

Claimant worked for Regal Corrugated Box Co., Inc. (Employer) as a machine operator. On October 1, 2004, Claimant was discharged for possessing and smoking marijuana on company…