Bunnell v. Employment Division

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that, in order to be misconduct, a claimant’s conduct must be “more severe than poor judgment”
• emphasizing the seriousness of “misconduct” and explaining that the test is “not whether the employer was entitled to discharge the employe, but rather whether a legally discharged employe is disqualified from unemployment compensation”
• where the court acknowledged that an isolated act can be more severe than poor judgment
• where the court acknowledged that an isolated act can be more severe than poor judgment
• where facts supported only one conclusion as to whether claimant’s act amounted to an isolated instance of poor judgment, board was required on remand to enter an order accordingly
• discussing the history of the rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).