Mississippi Department of Employment Security v. Johnson

MYERS, P.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES), formerly known as the Mississippi Employment Security Commission, appeals the Washington County Circuit Court’s award of unemployment benefits to John Johnson, II, a former instructor for the Greenville Public School District (District). Initially, Johnson was denied benefits by the claims examiner based on a finding of misconduct. Johnson appealed the decision; however, both he and the employer failed to appear at the hearing. Johnson’s appeal was deemed abandoned and dismissed in accordance with MDES’s…