PUCKETT v. IDAHO DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 15238.

695 P.2d 407 (1985)

107 Idaho 1022

Stanley W. PUCKETT, SSA XXXX-XX-6008, Claimant-Appellant, v. IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Employer-Respondent, and State of Idaho, Department of Employment, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

February 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lynn, Boise, for claimant-appellant.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., Robert R. Gates, Deputy Atty. Gen., for employer-respondent Idaho Dept. of Corrections.

Roger Martindale and Evelyn Thomas, Deputy Attys. Gen., Boise, for respondent Dept. of Employment.


SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Industrial Commission denying unemployment compensation benefits to claimant Puckett because he was discharged for misconduct. We affirm.

Puckett had been a correctional officer at the Idaho Correctional Institution for six years prior to his discharge. Three days before his discharge, Puckett had attended an employees' association picnic and severely battered department sergeant Boggs, rendering him unconscious...

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