Alonzo v. New Mexico Employment Security Department

I dissent.

The evidence in this case clearly demonstrates that the appellant (Alonzo) committed an act of insubordination constituting misconduct. A deliberate or willful refusal by an employee to obey a reasonable order or directive which an employer is authorized to give and entitled to have obeyed constitutes insubordination. See School District No. 8, Pinal County v. Superior Court, 102 Ariz. 478, 433 P.2d 28 (1967); Beatty v. Automatic Catering, Inc., 165 Colo. 219, 438 P.2d 234 (1968); Avery v. B & B Rental Toilets, 97 Idaho 611, 549 P.2d 270 (1976).

Furthermore, a reading of the statute…