222 W. Va. 129 - Childress v. MUZZLE’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “[I]t is ... important for the Court to protect the unemployment compensation fund against claims by those not entitled to the benefits of the Act.... we believe that the basic policy and purpose of the Act is advanced both when benefits are denied to those for whom the Act is not intended to benefit, as well as when benefits are awarded in proper cases. Additionally, we believe that the Act was clearly designed to serve not only the interest of qualifying unemployed persons, but also the general public.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Verizon Services Corp. v. Board of Review of Workforce West Virginia · 234 W. Va. 312 - Alcan Rolled Products Ravenswood v. Terry W. McCarthy

2. “[t]he unemployment compensation program is an insurance program, and not an entitlement program, and is designed to provide “a measure of security to the families of unemployed persons” [footnote omitted] who become involuntarily unemployed through no fault of their own. “The [Act] is not intended, however, to apply to those who ‘willfully contributed to the cause of their own unemployment’ ” See Hill v. Board of Review, 166 W.Va. 648, 651 , 276 S.E.2d 805, 807 (1981) (quoting Board of Review v. Hix, 126 W.Va. 538, 541 , 29 S.E.2d 618, 619 (1944)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 234 W. Va. 312 - Alcan Rolled Products Ravenswood v. Terry W. McCarthy

3. “The findings of fact of the Board of Review of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security are entitled to substantial deference unless a reviewing court believes the findings are clearly wrong. If the question on review is one purely of law, no deference is given and the standard of judicial review by the court is de novo.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 235 W. Va. 457 - Larry Myers v. Outdoor Express and Workforce West Virginia