Lanier v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF UTAH

HALL, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Donald Lanier appeals from a decision of the Board of Review of the Industrial Commission denying him unemployment benefits because he left work voluntarily without good cause. 1

Plaintiff was employed in the housekeeping department of the University of Utah Hospital. On four consecutive days in June 1983, he was absent from work because his arm was in pain from an old injury. Hospital policy required employees to personally notify the hospital each day they were unable to report to work. 2 Under the policy, absence for three consecutive days without notification…