Legal Opinion

Sohler v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 6, 1979PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.

The appellant left her job as a staff nurse at a hospital on July 6, 1977. After a hearing held on August 31, 1977, the Director of the Division of Employment Security denied Sohler unemployment benefits on the ground that she had been discharged from her employment for engaging in "deliberate misconduct, in wilful disregard of the employing unit’s interest.” G. L. c. 151A, § 25(e)(2), as amended through St. 1975, c. 684, § 78. The division’s board of review adopted the review examiner’s decision. A judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston affirmed the board’s decision and re*786ported…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Goodridge v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  2. Sinclair v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  3. Conley v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
  4. Welker Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Doninelli Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Davis v. Board of Review of the Department of LaborAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  2. Graves v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  3. Smith v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  4. Svoboda v. Director of Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  5. Stackley v. STATE DEPT. OF ENVIRON. CONTROLNebraska Supreme Court · 1986

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