WOODLIFF v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

No. 84-1060.

139 Ill. App.3d 539 (1985)

487 N.E.2d 645

LYNN WOODLIFF, Appellee, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR et al., Appellants (The Rockford Company, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed December 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan and Jill Wine-Banks, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Craig Willette, of Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., of Rockford, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LINDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Winnebago County reversing a decision of the Board of Review of the Illinois Department of Labor denying plaintiff's claim for unemployment insurance benefits. The sole issue on appeal is whether leaving work to become self-employed can be leaving work "[t]o accept other bona fide...

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