Coy v. Virginia Employment Commission

By JUDGE MELVIN R. HUGHES, JR.

This case is here on a Petition for Judicial Review pursuant to § 60.2-625, Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended. The petitioner, Frank S. Coy (Coy), seeks to have the Court find that the Virginia Employment Commission (Commission) was without basis in denying him unemployment compensation benefits due to misconduct under § 60.2-618.2.

After an evidentiary hearing, the Commission found from the circumstances Coy was involved in theft of his employer’s property. The question petitioner raises centers on the propriety of hearsay evidence as the basis for the…