LUCAS v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COM'N

No. 94-03542.

664 So.2d 1043 (1995)

Richard L. LUCAS, Appellant, v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and General Telephone Company of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Froman of Garrity & Fulford, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

William T. Moore of the Unemployment Appeals Commission, Tallahassee, for Appellee Commission.


FRANK, Judge.

Richard Lucas has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission finding that he was ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits because he was discharged for misconduct connected with work. Although Lucas did strike another employee while the two were on their lunch break, we have concluded that Lucas' behavior did not rise to the level of misconduct, and we reverse.

Lucas, a cable installer and repairer, had been assigned...

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