Waara v. Mesabi Regional Medical Center

OPINION

LOMMEN, Judge.

The Commissioner of Jobs and Training denied Deborah Waara’s application for unemployment compensation benefits, determining that she was disqualified because she had been discharged from her job for gross misconduct. The Commissioner also concluded that Waara’s serious illness of chemical dependency did not constitute an exception to the gross misconduct disqualification. We affirm.

FACTS

Deborah Waara began working as a staff nurse for the Mesabi Regional Medical Center (“medical center”) in July 1977. In mid-1985, the medical center discovered that Waara had been using…