Murray Operation of the Tappan Co. v. Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission

WHITE, Judge.

The Murray Operation of the Tappan Company (Tappan) appeals from an order of the Calloway Circuit Court affirming the right of certain Tappan employees to collect unemployment insurance benefits. Tappan contends that these employees are disqualified from obtaining such benefits because they were “voluntarily unemployed.” The case is one of first impression in Kentucky, calling for the court’s evaluation of several provisions of our unemployment insurance act.

The facts in this case are undisputed. All of the employees — appellees herein — are employed by Tappan and are members of…