PHILIP MORRIS, INC., ET AL., APPELLANTS,

v.

NORMA R. BROIN, ET AL., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By (23 total)

• Jeri R. Anderson v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 822 So. 2d 563 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)
  …Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 730 So. 2d 719, 721 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999) ("Misconduct usually consists of repeated instances in the face of warnings, and isolated acts of poor judgment do not amount to misconduct.”); Betancourt v. Sun Bank Miami, N.A., 672 So. 2d 37, 38 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996) ("Generally, courts require more than a single instance of poor judgment to disqualify a claimant from unemployment compensation.”); Pascarelli v. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 664 So. 2d 1089, 1092 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995) ("A sing…
• Grossman v. J.C. Penney Co. 2071 & Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 689 So. 2d 1206 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …osophy, a single act of poor judgment is generally not sufficient to disqualify a claimant from receiving benefits especially where the act does not reflect a substantial disregard of the employer’s interests. See Betancourt v. Sun Bank Miami, N.A., 672 So. 2d 37 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996); Bulkan v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 648 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995). Furthermore, where company policies are concerned, “misconduct usually involves repeated violations of explicit policies after several warnings.”…
• Edmond A. Freddo v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n & Fla. Sheriff's Youth Ranches, Inc., 685 So. 2d 874 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)
  …648 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995). This holding is in keeping with the explicit philosophy behind the unemployment compensation law, which is remedial and must be construed narrowly in favor of the claimant. See Betancourt v. Sun Bank Miami, N.A., 672 So. 2d 37 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). The evidence adduced at the hearing suggests that the employer may have had good reasons to fire the claimant. Nevertheless, Freddo’s actions, as the referee found, were not sufficiently egregious to deny him unemployment compen…

Authorities Cited

• Broin v. Philip Morris Cos., Inc., 641 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)