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Nora v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Dec 31, 2008
997 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 3D07-1544.

December 31, 2008.

An Appeal from the Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission.

Janice M. Nora, in proper person.

John D. Maher, Tallahassee, Unemployment Appeals Commission, for appellees.

Before WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


Ms. Nora appeals from orders disqualifying her from unemployment insurance benefits because of "misconduct." She was in charge of disbursing funds for a government-funded program and was deemed "insubordinate" and discharged for refusing to approve payment to a vendor which had not complied with relevant requirements notwithstanding her supervisor's order to do so anyway. We reverse with directions to afford her the full amounts claimed because the grounds relied upon fall embarrassingly short of satisfying the statutory definition of misconduct. See § 443.036(29), Fla. Stat.; Salinas v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 908 So.2d 1169 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005); Garcia v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 872 So.2d 966 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004); Davidson v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 852 So.2d 398 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003); Rodriguez v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 802 So.2d 455 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).

Reversed.


Summaries of

Nora v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Dec 31, 2008
997 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)
Case details for

Nora v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

Case Details

Full title:Janice M. NORA, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 31, 2008

Citations

997 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)