MARCHANT v. HEARTLAND PARTS AND SERVICES, INC.

BRIAN JACK GOREE, Presiding Judge.

{1 Defendant/Appellant, Heartland Parts and Services, LLC (Employer), seeks review of the district court's order reversing the decision of the Appeal Tribunal of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC), which denied unemployment benefits to Plaintiff/Appellee, Cass R. Marchant (Employee), on the basis of misconduct. At issue is whether pre-employment conduct, in the absence of any willful or wanton concealment or other disregard of Employee's duties and obligations to Employer, constitutes "misconduct connected with his last work," within the…