Legal Opinion

Cherry v. Suburban Manufacturing Co.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 11, 1988PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

In this unemployment compensation case appellee was denied benefits because he breached the terms and conditions of an agreement with his employer under which he was given an unpaid leave of absence for the purpose of undergoing a rehabilitation program for drug abuse. He failed to take the treatment and was discharged.

At all levels of the administrative proceedings it was held that appellee had been discharged for “misconduct connected with his work” and that he was disqualified from receiving benefits under the terms and provisions of T.C.A. § 50-7-303(2)(B).…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Weaver v. WallaceTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Moeller v. Minnesota Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  3. Leslin v. County of HennepinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
  4. Miotke v. KelleyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Trice v. TraughberTennessee Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Goins v. University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center & Hospital at KnoxvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
  3. Clementine Newman v. Karla Davis, Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and Memphis Light, Gas, and WaterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2014
  4. DOJI, Inc. d/b/a Demos' Steak and Spaghetti House v. James G. Neeley, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Employment Security Division and Andrea T. RuffinCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2009
  5. Donald D'Amico v. James DavenportCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997

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