Legal Opinion
Lourdes Medical Center v. Board of Review
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 27, 2009No. A-70/71 September Term 2007PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin
In this appeal, we must determine whether nurses, while on strike against Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County (Lourdes), were entitled to unemployment benefits. N.J.S.A *34543:21-5 provides that striking workers are entitled to unemployment benefits, except when the strike causes a “stoppage of work” at their place of employment. The question is what constitutes a “stoppage of work” for purposes of N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(d).
Despite the considerable financial difficulties produced by the strike, Lourdes continued to function at full service. It found replacement nurses, maintained its patient and…
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