Prescod v. James

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, denying an award of unemployment compensation to claimant Prescod.

The circuit court denied compensation upon authority of our case of Landrum v. James, 425 So.2d 1363 (Ala.Civ.App.1982), cert. denied, 425 So.2d 1364 (Ala.1982). Claimant submits (a) that this case may be distinguished from the rule of Landrum on its facts and (b) that the decision of Landrum is wrong because of the absence of specific statutory disqualification for loss of employment due to incarceration.

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