Legal Opinion
Werner v. MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS LLC
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 1, 2010No. A09-1265PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHUMAKER, Judge.
Relator challenges the decision by an unemployment law judge (ULJ) that an employee is eligible for benefits when her employer moved its office a distance of 17 miles further from her home, thereby increasing the time of her existing 170-mile round-trip commute by approximately 50 minutes and the cost by approximately $6 or $7 per day, because these unique circumstances would compel an average, reasonable worker to quit. We conclude that the employer’s relocation of its office, which increased the employee’s commute by 17 miles one way, does not constitute a good reason…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ferguson v. Department of Employment ServicesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Olson v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
- Nichols v. Reliant Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2006
- Hill v. Contract Beverages, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Preiss v. Commissioner of Economic SecurityCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Mark Larsson, Relator v. Department of Employment and Economic DevelopmentCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2016
- Tamara S. Jamnick, Relator v. Range Mental Health Center, Inc., Department of Employment and Economic DevelopmentCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014
- Wendy Bronstad, Relator v. The House of Hope, Inc., Department of Employment and Economic DevelopmentCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014