PETTY v. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE


450 A.2d 392 (1982)

Mercedes PETTY, Petitioner Below, Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE and the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, Respondents Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: August 31, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Shachtman (argued), Wilmington, for appellant.

Anthony W. Clark (argued) and Carolyn Berger of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, for appellees.

Before McNEILLY, QUILLEN and HORSEY, JJ.


HORSEY, Justice:

This appeal concerns whether an administrative board correctly determined that claimant-appellant was ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits because she was not "able to work" and "available for work" within the meaning of the Delaware Unemployment Compensation Law, 19 Del.C., Chapter 33.

Mercedes Petty, in her second month of pregnancy and while in the employ of the University of...

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