serious misconduct

serious misconduct
Improper conduct of a grave and serious nature. Gonier v Chase Co. 97 Conn 46, 115 A 677, 19 ALR 83, 88 (term appearing in workmen's compensation statutes). As the term is used in workmen's compensation acts, Bevan in his work on Workmen's Compensation says, page 401: "To constitute serious misconduct, it is probable that the legislature intended to signify conduct that an average workman, in being guilty of, would either know, or ought to know, if he turned his mind to consider the matter, to be conduct likely to jeopardize his own and his fellow workmen's safety." Horst Co. v Industrial Acci. Com. 184 Cal 180, 193 P 105, 16 ALR 611, 617. See serious and wilful misconduct.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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