Levesque v. Hi-Boy Meats, Inc.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by claimant Marcel J. Levesque from an order of the Idaho Industrial Commission denying unemployment insurance benefits to him on the ground that he was discharged for misconduct in connection with his employment. That misconduct was claimant’s physical beating of one George High, inflicting physical harm on High and requiring his hospitalization for ten days. We affirm the order of the Industrial Commission.

In January of 1970, George High and his wife contracted to purchase a meat packing plant in Emmett, Idaho. In January of 1971 claimant Levesque…