Teevan v. Office of Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, State of Idaho

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision and order of the Industrial Commission (Commission) finding claimant Teresa Teevan ineligible for unemployment benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause connected with her employment.

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BACKGROUND

Teevan began work as a paralegal in the Natural Resources Division of the Attorney General’s Office (AG’s Office or employer) on December 2, 1991, when Larry EchoHawk was Attorney General. Clive Strong was the chief of the Division and Teevan’s supervisor. Teevan claims that, during EchoHawk’s campaign for governor,…