Steele v. Job Service North Dakota

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Darrel Steele appeals from the judgment of the district court affirming the decision of Job Service North Dakota, denying Steele unemployment benefits because he was discharged from his previous employment for reasons constituting misconduct under section 52-06-02(2), N.D.C.C.1 We reverse.

*637Steele was a full-time employee at the Stutsman County Road Department for approximately eight years under the supervision of Oswald Schultz, the county highway superintendent. On May 7, 1987, Steele suffered a serious on-the-job injury to his left hand in which the distal portion of…