Williams v. Brown

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of unemployment compensation benefits. The plaintiff, Myrtis L. Williams, had been employed by J. M. Poultry Co. for a period of about two years. On her last day of employment, she and another employee became engaged in a fight as a result of an argument. The plaintiff knew that fighting on the job was a cause for discharge. Because of the fight, the plaintiff was discharged from her employment. Shortly thereafter, she made a claim for unemployment compensation benefits. The local office of the Louisiana Division of Employment Security in…