WALLACE v. STEWART


559 S.W.2d 647 (1977)

J.D. WALLACE, Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Employment Security and Tennessee Tufting Company, Appellants, v. Shirley J. STEWART, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam McAllester, E. Lee Allen, Seymour Samuels, Nashville, for appellants.

Russell J. Overby, Legal Services of Nashville, Nashville, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a direct appeal by the Commissioner of Employment Security from a decree of the Chancery Court awarding benefits to claimant, Shirley J. Stewart, former employee of Tennessee Tufting Company.

Claimant was discharged for excessive absenteeism after four warnings. Her claim for benefits was denied at all three administrative levels.

The learned Chancellor held that since the material facts were not in dispute...

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