Warner v. Reiss

ALLEN, Judge.

Marvin L. Warner appeals from an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission finding that Gordon A. Reiss had been discharged from Warner’s employment for reasons other than misconduct. Warner contends that the referee and the commission erred in rejecting certain deposition testimony as legally insufficient to support a finding of misconduct. We agree with Warner’s argument and reverse.

Reiss was employed as general manager of a horse farm owned by Warner. When Reiss’s services were terminated, he sought unemployment compensation benefits. Warner responded that Reiss should be…