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PRICKETT v. CIRCUIT SCIENCE, INC.

No. CX-92-1985.

518 N.W.2d 602 (1994)

David L. PRICKETT, Respondent, v. CIRCUIT SCIENCE, INC., Respondent, and Commissioner of Jobs and Training, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent E. Todd, Minnesota Dept. of Jobs and Training, St. Paul, for appellant.

Tom Theisen, Malzahn & Associates, Ltd., Anoka, for David Prickett.

Tom Harlan, Minneapolis, for Circuit Science, Inc.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

WAHL, Justice.

Appellant Commissioner of Jobs and Training asks us to decide whether an employee's failure to report for a new shift assignment because of an inability to obtain child care for the employee's dependent child constitutes misconduct justifying the denial of unemployment compensation. Under the facts of this case, we hold that it does not.

In April of 1991 Respondent David Prickett was employed as a maintenance mechanic with...

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