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

No. 57351.

338 So.2d 594 (1976)

LYKES BROTHERS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent, v. F. C. DOYAL, Jr., Administrator of the Department of Employment Security, and Melford Swain, Jr., Defendants-Appellants-Relators.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion Weimer, James A. Piper and James A. McGraw, for Administrator of La. Dept. of Employment Security, Baton Rouge, for defendant-applicant.

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


TATE, Justice.

This case arose when Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc. challenged an administrative award of unemployment compensation to a Lykes employee under La. R.S. 23:1471 et seq. Lykes contends that its employee was not eligible to receive benefits because he was not "available for work" as required by La.R.S. 23:1600(3).

The administrative tribunal adjudicating claims and objections to compensation determined...

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