COOKSEY-JAMES v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COM'N

No. 2D02-4484.

869 So.2d 1209 (2004)

Tawna COOKSEY-JAMES, Appellant, v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and Lee Memorial Hospital, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tawna Cooksey-James, pro se.

John D. Maher, Deputy General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee Unemployment Appeals Commission.

No Appearance for Appellee Lee Memorial Hospital.


CANADY, Judge.

Tawna Cooksey-James appeals an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission (UAC) which upheld a hearing referee's determination that Cooksey-James was fired for misconduct and therefore not eligible to collect unemployment benefits. Because Cooksey-James' actions do not as a matter of law constitute misconduct justifying the denial of unemployment benefits, we reverse and remand.

Cooksey-James was fired by Lee Memorial Hospital for violating...

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