Jones v. Director of Labor

Melvin Mayfield, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the Board of Review’s denial of unemployment benefits to an employee of the Jefferson Regional Medical Center of Pine Bluff.

Appellant was discharged for engaging in a fight with another employee, Amy Lowe, while they were both on duty at the hospital. The agency denied benefits on the basis of misconduct in connection with the work, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1106 (b) (2) (Repl. 1976), but the Appeal Tribunal found that appellant was acting in self-defense and allowed benefits under the authority of Hodges v. Everett, 2 Ark. App. 125, 617 S.W.2d…