First Guaranty Bank v. Gerace

WATKINS, Judge.

This is an appeal brought by the First Guaranty Bank, Tangipahoa Parish, from a judgment of the District Court upholding a decision of the Louisiana Board of Review of the Office of Employment Security which held that Marie Kimble, a former employee of that Bank, was not disqualified from unemployment benefits under LSA-R.S. 23:1601(2). We reverse.

It appears that Ms. Kimble was head of the credit card section of the appellant bank. By her own admission, she agreed to advance five hundred dollars to a former bank employee who had used his credit up to the credit limit on his…