Hoard v. Employment Division

This case is before us a second time on review of the Employment Appeals Board, which has twice affirmed a referee’s order denying unemployment compensation benefits to petitioner, who was discharged because he was involved in a traffic accident while driving his employer’s vehicle. The issue is whether he was discharged for misconduct connected with his work.

In the first review, Hoard v. Employment Division, 72 Or App 688, 696 P2d 1168 (1985), we reversed and remanded because the order failed to demonstrate a rational relationship between its findings and conclusion. We said: “Nothing in the…