Legal Opinion
Collingsworth General Hospital v. Hunnicutt
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 25, 1998No. 97-0894PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbbott, Justice
in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, HECHT, ENOCH, OWEN, BAKER and HANKINSON, Justices, join.
Fredonia Hunnicutt was fired from her job at Collingsworth General Hospital after the Hospital learned that she had pled guilty to the felony charge of aggravated assault. The assault charge stemmed from Hunnicutt’s slashing another woman with a box cutter.
The Texas Employment Commission1 denied Hunnicutt’s claim for unemployment benefits, concluding that her actions constituted “misconduct connected with [her] last work” under section 207.044(a) of the Texas Labor Code. The trial court sustained the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mercer v. RossTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- O'NEAL v. Employment Security AgencyIdaho Supreme Court · 1965
- Employment Security Board v. LeCatesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
- Nelson v. Department of Employment SecurityWashington Supreme Court · 1982
- Gregory v. AndersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1961
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