Truitt v. UNEMP. COMP. BD. OF REVIEW

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether, for purposes of determining eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits, appellant, Kathleen Truitt, voluntarily left her employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature, 1 when she quit her job due to her inability to locate suitable child care after her regular baby-sitter became unavailable.

Appellant was employed for six and a half years as a clerk for a trucking company until she was laid off in January of 1982. She worked thereafter on a temporary fill-in basis for the company and…