Lagrone v. DEPT. OF INDUS. RELATIONS

The issue presented in this unemployment compensation appeal is whether the trial court erred in ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving benefits because of having voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

The essential facts are as follows: The claimant had been a truck driver with the employer for a little over three years prior to his last day of work on May 29, 1986. For the year immediately preceding his last day on the job, the claimant's duties mainly involved hauling lumber by-products on four-hour round trips. He testified that he would often make four of these…