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McCLELLAN v. BIBLE

699 S.W.2d 555 (1985)

Jacqueline McCLELLAN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Robert J. BIBLE, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Employment Security, et al., Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

November 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary D. Housepian, Knoxville, for plaintiff/appellant.

Dianne Stamey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for Tennessee Dept. of Employment Sec.; W.J. Michael Cody, Attorney General & Reporter, of counsel.

James H. London, Knoxville, for Tennessee Steel Processors Co.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This unemployment compensation claim arose out of an altercation between the plaintiff and another employee on the premises of the employer on May 28, 1982. The claimant alleged that the other employee was the aggressor in the altercation and that she merely took defensive action to protect herself. Fighting was against the company rules.

Her claim was denied throughout the administrative proceedings upon the basis that...

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