CAPITOL ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES v. McCORMICK

No. 09-AA-321.

25 A.3d 19 (2011)

CAPITOL ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, INC., Petitioner, v. Velvet L. McCORMICK, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelrese Best-Leach was on the brief for petitioner.

No brief was filed by respondent.

Before GLICKMAN and OBERLY, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

An employee who is discharged from employment for misconduct is disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation under District of Columbia law. The duration of the disqualification depends on the gravity of the misconduct—on whether it was "gross misconduct" or "other than gross misconduct." But not all unsatisfactory job performance leading to termination amounts to disqualifying misconduct. Traditionally, the misconduct disqualification...

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