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RESS v. ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSP., INC.

No. C8-88-2208.

438 N.W.2d 727 (1989)

Randy W. RESS, Relator, v. ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL, INC., Commissioner of Jobs and Training, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted June 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Sheran, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, for Randy W. Ress, relator.

Robert S. Halagan, Falhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt, Minneapolis, for Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Inc., respondent.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen. and Donald E. Notvik, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Commissioner of Jobs and Training, respondent.

Considered and decided by CRIPPEN, P.J., and HUSPENI and IRVINE, JJ., without oral argument.

OPINION

L.J. IRVINE, Judge*.

Relator, a registered nurse, seeks review of a decision by the Department of Jobs and Training denying him unemployment compensation benefits. Relator argues that his actions constituted a good faith response to a situation involving the best interests of a hospital patient, and should not be characterized as misconduct. We agree and reverse.

FACTS

Relator Randy Ress worked for the...

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