JOHNSON v. LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP.

No. 22055-CA.

573 So.2d 581 (1991)

John JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORPORATION and Louisiana Department of Labor, Office of Employment Security, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Zemry Johnson, Jr., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Jerome Burden, LA Dept. of Employment and Training, for defendant-appellee, OES.

Before MARVIN, C.J., HIGHTOWER, J., and PRICE, Judge Pro Tem.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

The claimant-appellant, here seeking unemployment compensation, was fired by his employer after testing positive for cocaine use pursuant to the employer's written policy that required all employees to be tested and any employee who tested positive to be fired, whether or not the use of the drug occurred on the job.

The Office of Employment Security (OES) found that the employee, Johnson, was discharged for misconduct connected with his...

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