LANC case in NC Lawyers
Weekly's
"50 Most
Important Opinions" list
07/07/08
In its July
7 edition,
NC
Lawyers Weekly has included
the unemployment case of
Applewhite v. Alliance One International in its "50
Most Important
Opinions"
list.
Legal Aid of NC's (LANC's)
Richard Trottier(staff
attorney,
LANC-Wilson Office)
provided legal representation for the claimant in the case.
The NC Court of Appeals found a claimant
should not have been disqualified from receiving UI benefits when she
was fired for returning late from lunch. The court found that the
claimant's late return was caused because she had been in the bathroom
being sick and that she had no reasonable control over this action that
lead to her termination.
Congratulations to Richard Trottier, John Keller
(supervising attorney,
LANC-Wilson Office)
and others who worked on this appeal!"
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NOTE: This case was
on page 10 of the 07/07/08 edition of
NC
Lawyers Weekly,
under the section: "Labor & Employment:
Unemployment Compensation - Disqualification - Substantial Fault -
Illness."
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ALSO SEE:
Court finds no fault with restroom visit; fired worker
keeps benefits." (01/21/08 article,
NC
Lawyers Weekly, page 1)
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