Case Name: Elroy A. LEONARD, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-02-05
Citations: 836 So. 2d 1084
Docket Number: No. 3D02-1128
Parties: Elroy A. LEONARD, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 836
Pages: 1084–1085

Head Matter:
Elroy A. LEONARD, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, et al., Appellees.
No. 3D02-1128.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 5, 2003.
Elroy A. Leonard, in proper person.
John D. Maher (Tallahassee), for appel-lee Unemployment Appeals Commission.
Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Elroy A. Leonard appeals from an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission affirming the denial of unemployment compensation benefits. For the following reasons, we reverse.
The employee's attendance of a school picnic authorized by the host school and the students' parents violated his employer's policies, and justified his termination from employment. However, "the record does not contain substantial competent evidence to support a finding of misconduct serious enough to disqualify [him] from receiving unemployment compensation benefits." Mitchell v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 804 So.2d 618, 618 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) (citing Carmona v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 826 So.2d 1014, 1015 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)).
Accordingly, we reverse with directions to afford the claimant the entire amount of benefits claimed.
REVERSED.