Janovsky v. Ohio Bureau of Employment Services

Frederick N. Young, Judge.

Appellants Walnut Creek Nursing Center and the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services (“OBES”) appeal from the trial court’s judgment reversing an earlier OBES ruling and awarding Eileen Janovsky unemployment benefits. In their sole assignment of error, the appellants claim that the trial court erred when it concluded that Walnut Creek fired Janovsky without just cause.

Janovsky’s discharge stems from a co-worker’s tip to Walnut Creek administrators that Janovsky possessed an open bottle of wine in her car. The vehicle was parked in an employee parking lot on Walnut Creek…