Reigelsberger v. Employment Appeal Board

HARRIS, Justice.

This appeal involves a claim for unemployment compensation brought by a truck driver who was fired for refusing to undergo treatment for alcoholism. The case is somewhat unusual in two respects. The employee’s drinking problems were manifested only off duty, and do not appear to have directly affected his on-the-job driving performance. It is also to be noted that termination did not result from alcoholism, only from the employee’s unyielding refusal to address it when demanded by the employer. The agency, affirmed by the district court on judicial review, denied benefits,…