BR-117836 (Oct. 31, 2011) DC 400.1

"A majority of the board awarded benefits under G.L. c. 151A, § 25(e)(2), because the
claimant’s inability to control his alcoholism triggered his drunk driving, the loss of his
license, and caused him to lose his job. Claimant’s inability to control his alcoholism
rendered the separation involuntary and constituted mitigating circumstances within the
meaning of the Supreme Judicial Court’s Shephard decision."