Mollinedo v. Texas Employment Commission

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a non-jury trial upholding the decision of the Texas Employment Commission (“the Commission”) disqualifying appellant from certain unemployment compensation benefits and reducing her weekly benefit amount.

Appellant was employed as a clerk in a bookstore in October 1977. On October 19, 1979, she informed her employer that she was quitting the job that day, and did quit. The Commission initially determined that she was eligible for unemployment compensation, but her former employer protested the claim. After a hearing before an appeals…