SOUTHERN BELL T. & T. CO. v. ADMINISTRATOR, DIV. OF E. S., DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 48997.

211 So.2d 634 (1968)

252 La. 519

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ADMINISTRATOR, DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OF the DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, State of Louisiana, and Minnie C. Middleton.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion Weimer, James A. Piper, James A. McGraw, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Avant & Wall, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae.

Maurice J. Naquin, Jr., New Orleans, Thompson, Thompson, Sparks & Cudd, Monroe, for plaintiff-respondent.


FOURNET, Chief Justice.

This suit involves the right of an employee upon termination of a leave of absence to obtain unemployment benefits when denied reinstatement under the terms of the contract of employment because of unavailability of work.

According to the record, Mrs. Minnie C. Middleton, a long time employee of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, notified her employer of her pregnancy and produced a doctor's certificate stating the probable...

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