LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC. v. DOYAL

No. 6281.

299 So.2d 477 (1974)

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC. v. F. C. DOYAL, Jr., Administrator of the Department of Employment Security and Melford Swain, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1974.

Writ Refused November 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew T. Martinez, Charles F. Lozes, Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

James A. McGraw, Marion Weimer, James A. Piper, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and MARCEL, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

The administrator of the state Department of Employment Security appeals from a judgment declaring an employee ineligible for unemployment benefits. The principal question is whether the employee is disqualified because of leaving work without work-connected cause.

The employee is a seaman, who sails under a union contract. The contract provides that a seaman must take all accrued vacation leave from his vessel at the end of the voyage during...

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