LaCharite v. State, Unemployment Appeals Commission

Mary Glen LaCharite appeals from a final order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission (UAC) precluding her from receiving unemployment benefits. Because the UAC erred as a matter of law in affirming the decision of the appeals referee, which concluded that LaCharite’s actions constituted disqualifying misconduct connected with work within the meaning of section 443.036(29), Florida Statutes (2003), we reverse.

LaCharite was employed as an MRI technologist with Open Magnetic Imaging, Inc. (“employer”) from September 3, 2002, until November 13, 2003, where she routinely administered saline IVs.…