SIMMONS v. TRAUGHBER


791 S.W.2d 21 (1990)

Cornelia SIMMONS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rayburn TRAUGHBER, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Employment Security; and Occidental Chemical Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

May 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Kozlowski, Legal Services of South Central Tennessee, Inc., Columbia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Stuart F. Patton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Dept. of Employment Sec.

N. Houston Parks, Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Columbia, for Occidental Chemical Corp.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Chief Justice.

The Tennessee Department of Employment Security and Occidental Chemical Corporation, the employer, appeal a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed the denial of the Plaintiff's unemployment compensation benefits and concluded that the Department of Employment Security's failure to advise Plaintiff of the possible availability of free or low-cost legal representation violated her statutory right to a fair hearing and...

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