Millett v. Industrial Commission

HALL, Justice:

Plaintiff appeals the decision of the Industrial Commission which denied him unemployment compensation benefits for a period of 52 weeks and assessed an overpay*947ment in the amount of $1,785.001 on the grounds that plaintiff knowingly withheld material facts regarding his employment and earnings therefrom in order to obtain benefits to which he was not entitled.

Plaintiff sought and obtained unemployment compensation effective January 22, 1978. Thereafter, he filed weekly claims for benefits through February 25,1978. He reopened his claim for benefits effective July 2, 1978, and…