Legal Opinion

Geiken v. Lutheran Home for the Aged Ass'n

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 17, 1991No. 90-525PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHULTZ, Justice.

In this appeal we must determine whether the Employment Appeal Board properly denied a claimant unemployment benefits on the ground that she was not able to work within the meaning of Iowa Code section 96.4(3). 1 Claimant Greta L. Geiken was employed by Lutheran Home for the Aged Association (Lutheran Home) as a secretary. In March 1989, claimant seriously broke her arm in a nonwork-related accident. Lutheran Home granted claimant a medical leave of absence for eight weeks pursuant to its employment policy. Claimant offered to return to work on April 23. At that time she was…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. RogersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
  2. Woodbury County v. AndersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  3. Roberts v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. Sweeney v. Board of Review, Division of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
  5. Barnes v. Employment Security Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Kansas · 1972

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Rodda v. Vermeer ManufacturingSupreme Court of Iowa · 2007
  2. Coleman v. MISSISSIPPI EMP. SEC. COM'NMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Sierra v. Employment Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1993
  4. Cobb v. Employment Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1993
  5. Eiler v. South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation, Unemployment Insurance DivisionSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2013

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