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Zelma Mitchell Vs. Lovington Good Samaritan Center, Inc.
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INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

Lacey Monroe

Unit #3

Assignment

Below I will use the FIRAC method to complete the assignment.
555 P.2d 696
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
Zelma M. MITCHELL, Plaintiff
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Appellee,
v.
LOVINGTON GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER, INC., Defendant
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Appellant.
No. 10847.Oct. 27, 1976

Citation: Mitchell v. Lovington Good Samaritan Center, Inc., 555 P.2d 696 (N.M. 1976)
Facts: The Plaintiff Zelma Mitchell was terminated on June 4, 1974, for alleged misconduct from the Lovington Good Samaritan Center, Inc. Mitchell applied for unemployment compensation benefits on June 12, 1974, she was denied these benefits finding that Mitchells act were constituted as misconduct. Being denied disqualified her for

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