Case Name: JASPERS RESTAURANT, LLC, Appellant, v. Jerrold LEE, Respondent. Division of Employment Security, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2013-04-02
Citations: 395 S.W.3d 78
Docket Number: No. WD 75276
Parties: JASPERS RESTAURANT, LLC, Appellant, v. Jerrold LEE, Respondent. Division of Employment Security, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division Three: CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Presiding Judge, JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge and GARY D. WITT, Judge.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 395
Pages: 78–79

Head Matter:
JASPERS RESTAURANT, LLC, Appellant, v. Jerrold LEE, Respondent. Division of Employment Security, Respondent.
No. WD 75276.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
April 2, 2013.
Christina M. Knope, Blue Springs, MO, for appellant.
Robert A. Bedell, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent Division of Employment Security.
Before Division Three: CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Presiding Judge, JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge and GARY D. WITT, Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Jaspers Restaurant, L.L.C., appeals from a judgment of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirming an award of unemployment benefits to its former employee, Jerrold Lee. The Commission found that competent and substantial evidence existed to support a finding that Lee's conduct did not rise to the level of misconduct because he was engaged in self-defense at the time his manager broke up a physical altercation between Lee and another employee. We affirm. Rule 84.16(b). A memorandum explaining more fully the reasons for our decision has been provided to the parties.