SIMS v. DIRECTOR

No. E12-697.

2013 Ark.App. 241

PAUL SIMS, APPELLANT, v. DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICES and BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division III.

Opinion Delivered April 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker, Schulze & Murphy by: J.G. "Gerry" Schulze , for appellant.

Phyllis Edwards , Associate General Counsel for Artee Williams, Director, Department of Workforce Services.


BRANDON J. HARRISON, Judge.

Bismarck Public Schools discharged Paul Sims in 2009 for misconduct. Sims applied for unemployment benefits and was denied at the departmental level. He timely appealed the denial to the Appeal Tribunal and retained attorney Andrea Davis to represent him in a telephone hearing before the Tribunal, which was scheduled in October 2009. On the day of the hearing, the hearing officer tried to call claimant Sims one time before beginning. The...

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