STATE, DEPT. OF INDUS. RELATIONS v. Downey

The State Department of Industrial Relations appeals from a judgment denying its motion for a directed verdict and awarding unemployment compensation to the claimant, Callie L. Downey. We reverse.

Mrs. Downey was terminated from her employment with Opelika Manufacturing Company in March 1979. She was disqualified for unemployment compensation by the Department of Industrial Relations, and the board of appeals confirmed this order on May 22, 1979. Mrs. Downey appealed to the circuit court where a trial de novo was held on August 23, 1979. The trial court found for Mrs. Downey and awarded her…