ADAMS v. WARD

No. 1-89-3022.

565 N.E.2d 53 (1990)

206 Ill. App.3d 719

151 Ill.Dec. 782

Charles ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sally WARD, Director, Department of Employment Security et al., Defendants-Appellants (Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Company, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen. (John A. Morrissey, Rosalyn B. Kaplan, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Eugene C. Edwards, Carl K. Turpin, Cook County Legal Assistance Fund, Inc., Harvey, for plaintiff-appellee.


Presiding Justice LaPORTA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Charles E. Adams was fired from his job and then refused unemployment insurance benefits on the ground that he was discharged for misconduct, as defined by the Unemployment Insurance Act. The circuit court reversed that decision, finding the employer had no articulated "reasonable rule" governing plaintiff's conduct, plaintiff did not act with "willfulness" or "deliberateness" and the employer...

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