Rubin v. Department of Industrial Relations

HOLMES, Judge.

This is an unemployment compensation case.

The Alabama Department of Industrial Relations (Department) denied the employee’s application for unemployment benefits, and the employee appealed to the Circuit Court of Dallas County. Following an ore tenus hearing, the circuit court held that the employee was disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation under Ala.Code (1975), § 25-4-78(3)b., due to misconduct.

The employee appeals. We affirm.

The trial court reached its decision in this case after the evidence was presented to it ore tenus. In such a case, the trial court’s…