Stovall v. Department of Employment Security

Defendants appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County reversing the decision of the Illinois Department of Employment Security Board of Review (Board) which had denied plaintiff’s claim for unemployment insurance benefits. Defendants contend that the circuit court erred in reversing the decision where it was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Plaintiff was employed as a medical secretary at Hyde Park Kidney Center (the Center) for seven months until her employment was terminated on May 10, 1991, for insubordination. Her claim for unemployment insurance benefits was…