Warren v. Caro Community Hospital

In this case we are asked to determine whether a pregnant woman who left her employment on the advice of her doctor and who was willing to return to work after giving birth to her child, but was refused permission to return by her employer, is entitled to unemployment compensation. We hold that plaintiff did not “voluntarily” leave work when she followed her doctor’s unchallenged advice before giving birth to her child.

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Cindy Warren commenced her employment with Caro Community Hospital on July 15, 1988. While initially being hired as an “on-call” nurse’s aide, beginning on February 1, 1990,…