AVERY v. ST. PATRICK HOSP.

No. 88-768.

551 So.2d 837 (1989)

Edwina M. AVERY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. PATRICK HOSPITAL OF LAKE CHARLES and George Whitfield Administrator of the Office of Employment Security, Louisiana State Department of Labor, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray, Spruel & Burks, James Spruel, Jr., Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Jeanne M. Sievert, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee St. Patrick Hospital.

Sandra Broussard, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee State.

Before STOKER, DOUCET and LABORDE, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

The primary issue presented by this appeal is whether or not the trial court erred in sustaining the decision of the Board of Review of the Louisiana Office of Employment Security which denied plaintiff unemployment compensation benefits.

Plaintiff was discharged from her employment with St. Patrick Hospital on the ground that she was sleeping while on duty. After being discharged, plaintiff applied for and was granted unemployment benefits...

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