WASHINGTON v. BOARD OF REVIEW

No. 1-90-1255.

570 N.E.2d 566 (1991)

211 Ill. App.3d 663

156 Ill.Dec. 90

Priscilla WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF REVIEW, Department of Employment Security, Sally Jackson, Director, Illinois Department of Employment Security and Illinois Department of Employment Security, Defendants-Appellants (St. Bernard Hospital, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen. (Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Claudia E. Sainsot, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), Chicago, for defendants-appellants.

Karyn Glass and Jeffrey B. Gilbert, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Joan Matlack, Legal Assistance of Chicago (Englewood Office), Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Priscilla Washington was discharged from employment with defendant St. Bernard Hospital (the Hospital) because she fell asleep for approximately thirty minutes at a Hospital executive meeting. After termination of her employment, plaintiff applied for benefits under the Unemployment Insurance Act (the Act). (Ill. Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 48, pars. 300 et seq.). The Board of Review of the Illinois Department...

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