Polk v. State, Department of Industrial Relations

This is an unemployment compensation case.

The claimant was denied compensation after appeal to the circuit court. Claimant appeals from that denial. The issue is whether, as appellee contends and the trial court obviously found, claimant voluntarily left without good cause and should therefore be disqualified from receiving benefits. § 25-4-78 (2), Code of Alabama (1975). We find such contention and finding unsupported by the evidence and reverse.

Sybil Polk is a fifty-four-year-old woman who was employed by Bon Secour fisheries for about ten years. During her employment with Bon Secour she…