Delicato v. BOARD OF REVIEW, DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This matter came before this court on a writ of certiorari that we granted to the Board of Review (board) of the Department of Employment and Training (DET) 1 and the Westerly School Department (department). Both the board and the department sought our review of a District Court decision. These two cases were consolidated for briefing and oral argument.

This matter involves fifteen administrative appeals that were consolidated and subsequently decided by the District Court in March 1993. All these cases involve employees of the department (claimants) who had applied to…