FONTENOT v. MANPOWER [MOTIVATION], EDUC.

No. 90-857.

594 So.2d 998 (1992)

Carolyn FONTENOT, Mercedes Turner, Ella D. Barker, Sandra Killmer, Cynthia Williams, Myrna M. Guidry, Phillip Antoine, Laura Nixon, Catherine M. Green, Barbara M. Dartez and Lillie Mae Charles, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MANPOWER [MOTIVATION], EDUCATION AND TRAINING, INC. and Joseph Cook, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Donald R. Jory, Jennings, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and STOKER and MARCANTEL, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs are former employees of Motivation, Education and Training, Inc., the entity which oversees the federally funded Headstart program in Jefferson Davis Parish. They filed suit against Motivation and its administrator, Joseph Cook, Jr., alleging the defendants terminated plaintiffs' employment on September 1, 1987 solely because plaintiffs applied for and received unemployment compensation benefits during the summer months when school...

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