MORGAN v. LOCKWOOD

No. 14436.

395 So.2d 879 (1981)

Rhonda R. MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas M. LOCKWOOD, Administrator of the Department of Employment Security, State of Louisiana and Western Electric Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ike F. Hawkins, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

James A. McGraw and Willie D. Maynor, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Dept. of Employment Sec.

Tucker, Martin, Holder, Jeter & Jackson by Jeffrey P. Victory, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, Western Elec. Co., Inc.

Before HALL, MARVIN and JASPER E. JONES, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

Claimant, Rhonda Morgan, appeals a district court judgment affirming a denial of unemployment compensation benefits on the basis of R.S. 23:1601(2), i. e., misconduct connected with her employment by Western Electric. We reverse and remand.

After breaking her right index finger while playing softball on the night of May 14, claimant went to work the next morning, but was sent to a doctor for treatment

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