Green v. Board of Review of the Industrial Commission

HOWE, Justice:

Plaintiff James Green seeks review of a decision of the Board of Review denying him unemployment benefits because he voluntarily left work.

Plaintiff was employed as a bus driver for Utah Transit Authority (UTA) for approximately six years. On January 14, 1984, he was involved in a minor accident while driving his bus on an icy road. Just short of one year later, he was involved in two minor accidents on January 8, 1985, while driving under similar conditions.

The policy of UTA is to have the driver and a road supervisor submit reports on every accident. The reports are evaluated…