Northwest Foods Ltd. v. Board of Review

731 P.2d 470 (1986)

NORTHWEST FOODS LIMITED, Plaintiff,

v.

BOARD OF REVIEW OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF UTAH, DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, Defendant.

No. 20860.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 5, 1986.

Neil R. Sabin, Douglas K. Pehrson, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

K. Allan Zabel, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

HALL, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff-employer appeals a decision of the Board of Review awarding unemployment benefits to Karen A. Bontems.

Plaintiff operates several Burger King restaurants in Utah and is owned by John Gullo. Bontems had worked for plaintiff for nearly four years when, in…