BROWN v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.

No. 97-00361.

710 So.2d 666 (1998)

Eric T. BROWN, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY and State of Florida, Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary L. Taylor and Lynne L. England of Prevatt, England & Taylor, Tampa, for Appellant.

Peter W. Zinober and M. Sean Moyles of Zinober & McCrea, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee International Paper Company.

No appearance for Appellee Unemployment Appeals Commission.


PATTERSON, Acting Chief Judge.

Eric Brown challenges an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission (the UAC) which denies him unemployment benefits based on misconduct. We reverse the order because the record does not contain competent, substantial evidence to support the finding of misconduct without the inadmissible hearsay evidence.

On July 24, 1996, International Paper Company (the employer) terminated Brown, who was employed as a material handler, for...

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