205 W. Va. 198 - Summers v. Gatson’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
December 2009
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 192 W. Va. 561 - Adkins v. Gatson · 140 W. Va. 398 - Davis v. Hix · 169 W. Va. 24 - State v. Louk · 166 W. Va. 675 - Kisamore v. Rutledge · 171 W. Va. 92 - Mullins v. Venable
Most-quoted passages
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“Misconduct consisting of willful destruction of his employer's property; assault upon the person of his employer or any employee of his employer; if such assault is committed at such individual's place of employment or in the course of employment; reporting to work in an intoxicated condition, or being intoxicated while at work; reporting to work under the influence of any controlled substance, or being under the influence of any controlled substance while at work; arson, theft, larceny, fraud or embezzlement in connection with his work; or any other gross misconduct; he shall be and remain disqualified for benefits until he has thereafter worked for at least thirty days in covered employment....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The statutory language at issue in the case before us is byzantine in its complexity, but from the morass of dependent clauses one may distill the following: If one is discharged for misconduct, in general, one loses one’s rights to unemployment compensation for six weeks, unless one is discharged (among other things) for theft or larceny in connection with one's work, in which case one is disqualified from receiving any unemployment compensation benefits until one has found a new job and worked for thirty days in covered employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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