Olivarez v. Aluminum Corp. of America

This is a substantial evidence case involving an appeal from an award of unemployment benefits by the Texas Employment Commission. The trial court set aside a TEC order awarding unemployment benefits to 124 employees of Aluminum Corporation of America. The court of appeals, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed the judgment of the trial court. Pursuant to Tex.R. Civ.P. 483, without hearing oral argument, we reverse the judgments of the court of appeals and trial court and affirm the award by the TEC.

Francis Olivarez was one of 128 Alcoa employees laid off indefinitely in January, 1982 from…