Court Opinion

ID: 9794244
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:01:55.560896+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:13:18.648243
License: Public Domain

MACY, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. The record of appeal merely contains allegations and conclusory statements that the employees were being harassed. This does not meet the substantial evidence test. An employee should not be able to file a lawsuit, settle, and then contend that there was good cause to quit because the lawsuit caused discord. While a reasonable worker may have resigned under the circumstances following the settlement negotiations, this Court should not consider the dissension caused by the lawsuit when utilizing the “good cause” test, because that application opens the door for abuse of the unemployment insurance system. Exclusive application of the test to events leading up to the lawsuit would prevent that abuse.