Ex Parte Anthony Rogers. (In Re Anthony Rogers v. Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.).

Summary

The court held that an employer bears the burden of proving that an employee is disqualified from unemployment-compensation benefits because of misconduct. It rejected the contrary allocation of proof because the governing statutes do not assign that burden to the claimant, requiring a claimant to disprove misconduct improperly requires proof of a negative, and the employer generally has superior access to the relevant evidence. The court reversed the Court of Civil Appeals' judgment and remanded for further proceedings consistent with that rule.