Bolta Products Division v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

The petitioner (Boita) appeals from a decision of a judge of a District Court aflirming the decision of the board of review (board). The board concluded that Wallace D. Severin (the employee) was entitled to receive unemployment benefits (benefits) under the employment security law, G. L. c. 151A, for the weeks ending Decern- ber 3, 1966, through February 8, 1967, and thereby reversed the decision of the review examiner.

The employee was entitled to benefits under § 29 of the employment security law if he was in “total unemployment” during the weeks in question. Section 1 (r) of the law…