MELENEZ V. UAC

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JANUARY TERM, A.D. 2004 DORLISKA I. MELENEZ, ** Appellant, ** ** vs. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, and FACS GROUP, INC., Appellees. CASE NO. 3D03-2692 ** ** LOWER TRIBUNAL CASE NO. UAC 03-9333 ** Opinion filed May 5, 2004. An appeal from the Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission. Langbein & Langbein, for appellant. John D. Maher (Tallahassee), for appellee. Before GODERICH, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ. PER CURIAM. Dorliska I. Melenez appeals a decision denying her unemployment benefits after she was terminated from her employment as a sales associate for Burdines. We find that while there may have been grounds for firing Ms. Melenez, those grounds are not sufficient for denial of unemployment 443.036(29)(a), Florida Statutes (2003). Reversed and remanded. benefits under Section

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