Dick Irvin, Inc. v. Montana Department of Labor

Vern Greenwood appeals the Toole County District Court’s reversal of the Board of Labor Appeals of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry determination that he was entitled to unemployment benefits after his discharge from Dick Irvin, Inc., respondent.

On March 26, 1981, Dick Irvin, Inc., hired Vern Greenwood as a truckdriver. On May 29, 1982, Irvin discharged Greenwood. Several incidents led to his termination.

First, in April 1981, on a haul to California, Greenwood *338attempted to drive to Big Timber to meet his wife. At Moore, his truck broke down causing a delay in the delivery of the…