SMITH v. VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COM'N

Record No. 0860-11-2.

721 S.E.2d 18 (2012)

59 Va. App. 516

Deborah SMITH v. VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION and Swift Transportation Co., Inc.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

January 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Wegbreit (Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Elizabeth Peay , Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee Virginia Employment Commission.

No brief or argument for appellee Swift Transportation Co., Inc.

Present: ELDER, KELSEY and ALSTON, JJ.


KELSEY, Judge.

After quitting her job as a truck dispatcher, Deborah Smith filed an administrative claim for unemployment benefits with the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). The VEC denied the claim and the circuit court, upon Smith's appeal, affirmed the denial. Reviewing the facts under a deferential standard and the law de novo, we affirm the circuit court's holding.

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