Legal Opinion · Dissent
City & County of Denver v. Industrial Commission
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1986No. 85CA0182Published
1DissentPierce, Judge
I dissent.
The critical question raised here, which the majority has avoided, is what degree of legal responsibility should be imposed upon persons who are alcoholics, and under what circumstances, if any, should alcoholics receive unemployment benefits. Many jurisdictions have considered this question. See Craighead v. Administrator, 420 So. 2d 688 (La.App.1982); Durst Buster Brown v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 56 Pa.C. 135, 424 A.2d 580 (1981); Huntoon v. Iowa Department of Job Services, 275 N.W.2d 445 (Iowa 1979); Mooney v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 39 Pa.C. 404, 395 A.2d 675 (1978);…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Powell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bruce B. Adams v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Huntoon v. Iowa Department of Job ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Jacobs v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
- Sims v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF COLO.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1981
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