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McGIVNEY v. MAINE EMPLOYMENT SEC. COMMISSION

420 A.2d 227 (1980)

Patricia E. McGIVNEY v. MAINE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McTeague, Higbee & Tierney, James E. Tierney, Charles R. Priest (orally), Brunswick, for plaintiff.

Susan P. Herman (orally), Patricia McDonough, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.

WERNICK, Justice.

Under the Maine Employment Security Law a claimant is disqualified for benefits

"[f]or the week in which he left his regular employment voluntarily without good cause attributable to such employment,. . . and disqualification shall continue until claimant has earned 4 times his weekly benefit amount; . . . ."

The statute further provides for a so-called "follow the spouse" exception, that...

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