Legal Opinion
Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission v. Gooslin
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1988No. 87-SC-836-DGPublished
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
This case presents a question of first impression concerning appropriate statutory construction of the term “discharged for misconduct” as used in the Kentucky Unemployment Compensation Act. KRS 341.370 provides, in pertinent part:(1) A worker shall be disqualified from receiving benefits for the duration of any period of unemployment with respect to which:
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KRS 341.370(6) lists specific instances that constitute discharge for misconduct, but prefaces that list by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cantrell v. Kentucky Unemployment Insurance CommissionCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
- Shamrock Coal Co., Inc. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1985
- Brown Hotel Company v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
- In re the Claim of LauriaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission v. SpringerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1969
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