Parnell v. River Bend Carriers, Inc.

OPINION

DANIEL F. FOLEY, Judge. *

A commissioner’s representative denied relator’s claim for unemployment benefits, concluding relator did not have good cause to voluntarily quit his job with respondent River Bend Carriers. Relator obtained a writ of certiorari, arguing he had good cause to quit as a result of River Bend’s requirement that he violate federal trucking laws. We agree and reverse.

FACTS

Relator Peter Parnell was a truck driver for respondent River Bend Carriers between 1985 and November 1990. River Bend was a small interstate trucking company, with three full-time drivers and one…