Willard v. Vermont Unemployment Compensation Commission

Lawrence F. Willard, the claimant, has been a carpenter for the past thirty-two years, except for two and one-half years as a plant guard at a tool company in Springfield, Vermont. On December 29, 1958, he suffered a severe heart attack and was hospitalized for five weeks at the Veterans Administration Hospital. He was discharged on January 28, 1959 and registered for work at the employment office in Brattleboro on March 2, 1959. On March 13, 1959, the claimant’s application for unemployment compensation was denied by the claims examiner. Thereafter he pursued his administrative remedies to a…