UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. v. ADMINISTRATOR

(13461)

209 Conn. 381 (1988)

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. v. ADMINISTRATOR, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Sponzo, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Charles A. Overend, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (named defendant).

Barry J. Waters, for the appellee (plaintiff).

PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, SHEA, CALLAHAN and COVELLO, JS.


PETERS, C. J.

The central issue in this case is whether, for the purpose of deciding eligibility for unemployment compensation, the wilfulness of an employee's final act of misconduct depends upon the seriousness of the final incident viewed in isolation or upon the relationship of that final incident to an ongoing pattern of repeated infractions. The defendant administrator of the Unemployment Compensation Act (defendant) awarded compensation benefits to an employee...

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