Legal Opinion
Southwood Door Co. v. Burton
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 2003No. 2002-CC-00893-SCTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
847 So.2d 833 (2003)
SOUTHWOOD DOOR COMPANY
v.
Raymond BURTON.
No. 2002-CC-00893-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 5, 2003.
Timothy W. Lindsay, Flowood, attorney for appellant.
Steven D. Slade, Meridian, attorney for appellee.
Before McRAE, P.J., WALLER and GRAVES, JJ.
WALLER, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Raymond Burton, a truck driver, was terminated by his employer, Southwood Door Company, after testing positive on a random drug test. Burton thereafter sought unemployment compensation benefits which were denied by the Board of Review of the Mississippi Employment Security Commission (MESC).…
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