SMOOT v. DIR., OHIO DEPT. OF JOB AND FAMILY

No. 105270.

105 N.E.3d 477 (2018)

2018-Ohio-270

Lemmie L. SMOOT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES; Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: January 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Kowalski , Doron M. Kalir , Civil Litigation Clinic, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 2121 Euclid Avenue, LB 138, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT.

Mike DeWine , Ohio Attorney General, BY: Laurence R. Snyder , Assistant Attorney General, 615 West Superior Avenue, 11th Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, For Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Barbara A. Langhenry , Director of Law, BY: Mark V. Webber , City of Cleveland, Assistant Director of Law, 601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 106, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, For City of Cleveland.

Michele L. Jakubs , Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A., 950 Main Avenue, 4th Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1901, For YMCA of Greater Cleveland.

Michael C. O'Malley , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, BY: Brad Meyer , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 1200 Ontario Street, 9th Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Also Listed.

BEFORE: Kilbane, J., E.A. Gallagher, A.J., and Jones, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant, Lemmie Smoot ("Smoot"), appeals the trial court's decision affirming the decision of the Unemployment Compensation Review Commission ("Review Commission"), which denied Smoot's claim for unemployment benefits. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse...

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