Bigelow Co. v. Waselik

The appeals in these cases present the same question and were heard together. The defendants were discharged from the plaintiff’s employ. They applied for and were awarded unemployment benefits by the examiner. The plaintiff appealed to the unemployment commissioner on the ground that the period when benefits became due should have been deferred because the defendants had been discharged for “wilful misconduct.” The purpose of the appeal in each case was to insure to the plaintiff the benefit of the fact that the discharge was for that cause upon its merit rating under General Statutes, Cum.…