Smith v. Virginia Employment Commission

KELSEY, Judge.

After quitting her job as a truck dispatcher, Deborah Smith filed an administrative claim for unemployment benefits with the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). The VEC denied the claim and the circuit court, upon Smith’s appeal, affirmed the denial. Reviewing the facts under a deferential standard and the law de novo, we affirm the circuit court’s holding.

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Like the circuit court, we must “consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the finding by the Commission.” Va. Emp’t Comm’n v. Trent, 55 Va.App. 560, 565, 687 S.E.2d 99, 101 (2010) (citation omitted); see also…