Crawford v. Division of Employment Security

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Chief Justice.

Arnaz Crawford appeals from the decision of the labor and industrial relations commission finding that he was disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits and ordering him to repay those benefits received while he was ineligible. The commission’s decision is reversed in part and affirmed in part.

FACTS

Crawford was fired from his job in January 2009. Shortly thereafter, he was admitted voluntarily to a state mental facility for one week. Crawford’s physician advised him to apply for Social Security disability benefits (“SSDI benefits”) because his mental…