Simmons v. Department of Employment

McFADDEN, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Department of Employment appeals from an order of the Industrial Commission granting unemployment compensation benefits to claimant-respondent Robert L. Simmons. We affirm.

Respondent moved from Orofino, Idaho, to accept seasonal employment as a granulator at the Amalgamated Sugar Company plant in Nampa, Idaho, on October 8, 1975. Late in the evening of December 14, 1975, respondent’s pregnant wife developed bronchitis and respondent drove her to their family obstetrician in Clarkston, Washington. Respondent remained with his wife for three days during her…