Case Name: Jose A. GARCIA, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, State of Florida, Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-02-08
Citations: 426 So. 2d 1171
Docket Number: No. 82-1676
Parties: Jose A. GARCIA, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, State of Florida, Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
Judges: Before HENDRY, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 426
Pages: 1171–1172

Head Matter:
Jose A. GARCIA, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, State of Florida, Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
No. 82-1676.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 8, 1983.
Lester C. Wisotsky, Miami, for appellant.
James R. Parks and Norman A. Blessing, Tallahassee, for appellees.
Before HENDRY, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The decision of the Unemployment Appeals Commission is reversed and this cause remanded to the Commission with directions to further remand it to the Appeals Referee in order that a hearing be conducted at which the claimant shall be permitted to present arguments and evidence to the effect that recoupment or repayment of an overpayment of benefits would defeat the purpose of the Unemployment Compensation Law or would be against equity and good conscience. § 443.151(6)(c), Fla.Stat. (1981); Sagaert v. State, Department of Labor and Employment Security Unemployment Appeals Commission, 418 So.2d 1228 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).
Reversed and remanded with directions.