Taylor v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION

Roger Taylor timely appeals the order entered by the Unemployment Appeals Commission (UAC) ruling that he is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits. Determining that the UAC improperly reweighed the evidence and substituted its judgment for that of the appeals referee, and that there was competent substantial evidence to support the appeals referee’s finding that Taylor was qualified to receive benefits, we reverse.

Taylor applied for and received unemployment compensation benefits after he was terminated from his employment as a salesperson for a retail furniture store,…