Curtis v. Mississippi Employment Security Commission

SULLIVAN, Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Alcorn County, Mississippi, from a final judgment on a non-jury verdict in favor of appellees, Mississippi Employment Security Commission and South Central Bell Telephone Company, and against appellants, Helen A. Curtis, Vera Flournoy, Cathy C. Jordan, Judy M. Mote, and Joan Sanders.

Appellants were all employees of South Central Bell when their jobs were eliminated due to technological changes in that company’s operations that resulted in the closing of their respective offices. Flour-noy and Jordan were employed at…