Shaw v. Department of Employment Security, 2013 IL App (1st) 122676 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Div. 2013).
An employee of a local transit authority was terminated and applied for unemployment benefits. He was initially denied benefits by the Board of Review of the Illinois Department of Employment Security and after exhausting his administrative appeals, he filed an appeal in Cook County Circuit Court. The state agency that had denied his benefits appeared…