Boynton Cab Company, Appellant, vs. Neubeck and Industrial Commission, Respondents

Summary

The court affirmed the award of unemployment benefits to Walter Neubeck, holding that his discharge was not for statutory misconduct connected with his employment. It construed misconduct narrowly to require wilful or wanton disregard of the employer’s interests, or negligence sufficiently culpable or recurrent to show equivalent disregard. The evidence supported the tribunal’s findings that Neubeck’s isolated fare-reporting incident and accident record did not meet that standard.