CARPENTER v. IOWA DEPT. OF JOB SERVICE

No. 86-422.

401 N.W.2d 242 (1986)

Richard J. CARPENTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF JOB SERVICE and Schneider Metal Manufacturing Company, Inc., Respondents-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

December 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Wagenaar of Legal Services Corporation, Mason City, for petitioner-appellant.

Blair H. Dewey, Walter F. Maley, and Joseph L. Bervid of the Iowa Department of Job Service, Des Moines, for respondent-appellee.

Heard by SNELL, P.J., and SCHLEGEL and HAYDEN, JJ.


HAYDEN, Judge.

The petitioner, Richard J. Carpenter, worked as an assembler at the employer's factory from April 30, 1979, until his discharge on January 22, 1985. His wife was also employed at this factory. Petitioner was discharged for using offensive language toward two supervisors on the day of termination.

The incidents which led to petitioner's discharge began on January 20, 1985, when the water pipes in petitioner's mobile home broke. That evening he...

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