Case Name: Lillian N. THURSTON, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and Metropolitan Dade County, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-05-19
Citations: 507 So. 2d 728
Docket Number: No. 86-2766
Parties: Lillian N. THURSTON, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and Metropolitan Dade County, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 507
Pages: 728–729

Head Matter:
Lillian N. THURSTON, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and Metropolitan Dade County, Appellees.
No. 86-2766.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 19, 1987.
Lillian N. Thurston, in pro. per.
John D. Maher and Geri Atkinson-Hazel-ton, General Counsel, Tallahassee, for ap-pellee Unemployment Appeals Com’n.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the Unemployment Appeals Commission's affirmance of the referee's disqualification of the appellant's benefits. The appellant timely requested medical leave for a specific time period so that she could have surgery. While her employer did grant her some leave, the leave was insufficient for her needs. Her resignation to attend to her medical problem was for good cause, and a worker who quits for good cause is not disqualified from receiving benefits. § 443.101(1)(a)(1), Fla.Stat. (1985); see Uniweld Products, Inc. v. In dustrial Relations Comm'n, 277 So.2d 827 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973).
Reversed.