Case Name: Janelle M. AMADOR, Appellant, v. NORCROSS TELESERVICES, INC., and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-06-25
Citations: 847 So. 2d 1129
Docket Number: No. 3D02-1469
Parties: Janelle M. AMADOR, Appellant, v. NORCROSS TELESERVICES, INC., and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
Judges: Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 847
Pages: 1129–1130

Head Matter:
Janelle M. AMADOR, Appellant, v. NORCROSS TELESERVICES, INC., and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
No. 3D02-1469.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 25, 2003.
Janelle M. Amador, in proper person.
John D. Maher, Tallahassee, for appel-lee, Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission.
Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
SHEVIN, Judge.
Janelle Amador appeals the denial of unemployment benefits. We reverse. The referee found that Amador was discharged because she allowed her co-worker to log her password in at Amador's telephone station when Amador returned to her car in the parking lot to retrieve her lunch. This may be serious enough to warrant dismissal; however, it is insufficient to justify denial of benefits. See Galletti v. Piedmont Airlines, Inc., 652 So.2d 408 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Bigler v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 841 So.2d 610 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003), and cases cited therein. "Mere exercise of poor judgment does not amount to misconduct sufficient to support the denial of unemployment benefits." Navarrete v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 726 So.2d 833, 834 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Etienne v. Muvico Theatres, Inc., 792 So.2d 648 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001). See also Smith v. Krugman-Kadi, 547 So.2d 677 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989), review denied, 558 So.2d 20 (Fla.1990). Accordingly, the order is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to grant claimant unemployment benefits.
Reversed and remanded.