Legal Opinion
STATE, DEPT. OF INDUS. RELATIONS v. Prance
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 28, 1979No. Civ. 1678PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an unemployment compensation case.
The Board of Appeals of the Department of Industrial Relations denied the employees' claim for benefits. Pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975 § 25-4-95, the employees appealed to the Circuit Court of Marshall County. After a de novo hearing, the trial court awarded benefits and the Department appealed.
The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the payment of wages by checks drawn on insufficient funds constitutes good cause for voluntarily terminating employment. We hold that it does and affirm.
Viewing the record with the attendant presumption of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Department of Industrial Relations v. MannAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
- Andala Co. v. GanusSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Ex Parte McCleneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Stewart v. Department of Industrial RelationsAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
3Cited by5 opinions
- Irons v. Service Merchandise Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- DIR., DEPT. OF INDUS. REL. v. FordCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1997
- Carlisle v. Director, Department of Industrial RelationsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- State, Department of Industrial Relations v. NYCO, Inc. of AlabamaCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1987
- State Department of Industrial Relations v. BarberCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2005