Harris v. Green Tree, Inc.
Decision Date | 12 June 1979 |
Docket Number | No. 12995,12995 |
Citation | 100 Idaho 227,596 P.2d 99 |
Parties | Bob H. HARRIS, SSA 519 01 4742, Claimant-Appellant, v. GREEN TREE, INC., d/b/a the Boisean, Employer, and Department of Employment, Defendants-Respondents. |
Court | Idaho Supreme Court |
Bob H. Harris, pro se.
David H. Leroy, Atty. Gen., R. LaVar Marsh, Roger B. Madsen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for respondentDept. of Employment.
Before SHEPARD, C. J., McFADDEN and DONALDSON, JJ., and DUNLAP and ROWETT, JJ., Pro Tem.
Claimant-AppellantBob H. Harris was employed as a construction carpenter and superintendent by employer Green Tree, Inc., on a motel remodeling and construction project.The employment lasted about 23 months, until November 1, 1977.Harris's son and two or three other laborers worked under him.
On November 1, 1977, a 24-unit motel building had been virtually completed and remodeling of a laundry building was about to commence as the next phase of the project when Mr. Green, president of employer corporation, scolded Harris's son for slow work, which resulted in termination of the son's employment.
Thereupon, Harris told Green that he was upset about his son's termination, his own pay and about matters which had occurred months before, including having to pay for a broken window on the job, being docked pay for work absences, withheld payroll taxes not accounted for during a prior period of time, and not having received bonuses.He told Green that if his son were not rehired he would leave, and that Green should call him to resolve the difficulties.Green did call him later and told him his paycheck was ready.
The Industrial Commission adopted the Referee's conclusion that Harris quit his employment because Green...
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