Legal Opinion
Weeks v. Valley Bank
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 9, 2000No. NonePublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Valley Bank discharged Robert S. Weeks as its trust officer. He applied for and received unemployment benefits. On appeal, the bank argued that Weeks was discharged for work-related misconduct. The Department of Labor ruled that his performance did not amount to misconduct under the unemployment insurance statutes. The circuit court affirmed, and we affirm.
Background
[¶ 2.] Houston Haugo, Valley Bank’s President and CEO, hired Weeks in 1993 *181to serve as senior trust officer. In the newly formed trust department, Weeks and a secretary made up the entire staff. Over the…
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