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Unemployment Benefit Claims

By: Derek Hawkins//September 29, 2017//

Unemployment Benefit Claims

By: Derek Hawkins//September 29, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, et al. v. Riteway Bus Service, Inc., et al.

Case No.: 2016AP2066

Officials: Brennan, P.J., Kessler and Brash, JJ.

Focus: Unemployment Benefit Claims

 

The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) appeals a circuit court decision affirming the Labor and Industry Review Commission’s (LIRC) decision waiving DWD’s recovery of erroneously paid unemployment benefits to three claimants. LIRC found, and the circuit court upheld, that pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 108.22(8)(c) (2015-16),1 the overpayment involved no fault of the claimants and was the result of a departmental error. We affirm.

 

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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