What a mess

[fjrags03]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Nevada.
I was accused of theft, however I purchased item from vendor, County claimed was their property. Cant for some reason show title. I was terminated with out an investigation and my Due Process. We are going to Arbitration, the County has told my coworkers and my place of employment I was caught stealing. However I was not charged or convicted of stealing, I was terminated for use of County property. The Discovery pack is full of lies and unreal, they actually submitted a false phot from surveillance and added an incorrect wrong Time stamp. I work at the courthouse so they have defamed me so bad, I'm sure its gonna be difficult, Now whats funny is, the TV I bought was to be replaced by a new one, Tuesday, the grand jury did not report TV missing, and an investigator ran surveillance and investigated and found no robbery, So TV was there, on WEDNESDAY IT WAS MISSING AND THEY ARE BLAMING ME. This is shameful. And coworkers have said management has been coercing them to lie about me as they do an inventory to see if anythings missing. They denied me unemployment benefits and told unemployment I was caught stealing. I'm a single alone man. 14 Years of county service, never a write. And now I am having to sell off my property to live as I cant somehow get hired??? If I win arbitration, can I still sue for damages? Its really ashame they don't care if they get sued, iys not there money but tax payer money. Can I sue them individually? they are caught in many lies and show bad faith trying to do me harm

 

[Chyvan]

They denied me unemployment benefits and told unemployment I was caught stealing.

If you still have time, you should appeal the decision. Just submit an appeal REQUEST. "The determination dated mm/dd/yy is wrong. I want an appeal hearing scheduled," is sufficient.

A front line adjudicator is free to accept your employer's statement that they have you on video stealing a TV. At a hearing, an ALJ will not be impressed with that statement and will want to see the actual video. Because it's a pain to use that type of evidence at a hearing, most employers don't do it. In five situations where a video or recording was mentioned in the initial claiming filing, I have only seen the recording produced as evidence once. Those are good odds even if you really did steal the TV.

 

[commentator]

The vast preponderance of evidence and everything except this OP's statements of outrage and insistence that the co workers were "forced" to lie against him seem to indicate pretty good proof he did steal something. An ALJ may not need the video to agree with the other evidence. Or may not think the video was actually doctored. Sounds like a lot of trouble for an employer to go to, doesn't it?

But I agree, if he hasn't already let the time pass at which he can appeal, he should appeal his unemployment. There's no downside to doing that.

But I will give you a word to the wise. If they wanted to, they could've pressed charges. That they didn't isn't something you should be bragging about and trying to show is proof of your innocence. I also suspect that if you cannot even convince the unemployment adjudicator, who is at least supposed to try to give you equal credence with the employer, of your innocence and how you have been framed and set up by all these people who had no reason or pay off for having done so, it would be tough to get an attorney to take your case against the county and the individuals who have lied about you on contingency, though you can discuss it with one.

 

[eerelations]

Sounds like a lot of trouble for an employer to go to, doesn't it?

Agree, especially given that the employer could probably have fired the OP for no reason, i.e., on at-will basis.