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Timothy Jones and the Director of the State Department of Industrial Relations
vs.
Brown and Root Corporate Services
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Issues:
Drug test, random, dismissal, unemployment benefits, state statute, first offense
Case Summary:
Timothy Jones appeals the denial of unemployment benefits based on his termination from Brown and Root Corporate Services after failing a random drug test.
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
Cullman Circuit Court denied Jones unemployment benefits, reversing the decision of a state claims examiner who awarded Jones partial benefits.
Outcome:
Jones wins; Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama reverses the trial court decision and remands the case to Cullman Circuit Court, citing the state's statute which clearly states that an employee can be discharged for misconduct after a "repeated" offense not after the first offense.