Simmons v. Traughber

OPINION

DROWOTA, Chief Justice.

The Tennessee Department of Employment Security and Occidental Chemical Corporation, the employer, appeal a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed the denial of the Plaintiff’s unemployment compensation benefits and concluded that the Department of Employment Security’s failure to advise Plaintiff of the possible availability of free or low-cost legal representation violated her statutory right to a fair hearing and her constitutional and statutory due process rights. For the following reasons, we modify and affirm the Court of Appeals decision.

Plaintiff,…