JEFFERSON PARISH DIST. ATTY. v. WHITFIELD

No. 87-CA-306.

515 So.2d 1143 (1987)

JEFFERSON PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY, v. George WHITFIELD, Administrator, Department of Employment Security and Janice Akins.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1987.

Writ Denied February 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Research & Appeals, Gretna, for plaintiff/appellant.

James A. McGraw, B.J. Francis, Denise A. Nagel, Vivian Broussard, Guillory, Frank T. Scott, Jr., Ollivette Mencer, and Sandra A. Broussard, Office of Employment Sec., Baton Rouge, for defendants/appellees.

Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and GOTHARD, JJ.


GOTHARD, Judge.

This is a suit for judicial review of an administrative determination that defendant is entitled to unemployment compensation. LSA-R.S.23:1634.

Defendant, Janice Akins, was employed by the plaintiff Jefferson Parish Attorney's Office as a clerk typist II for six years. She was fired on January 21, 1986. The Louisiana Department of Employment Security denied unemployment compensation on finding that Ms. Akins was discharged for excessive absences...

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