PEKSA v. FAIRVIEW-SOUTHDALE HOSP.

No. C3-93-2082.

512 N.W.2d 913 (1994)

Thomas PEKSA, Relator, v. FAIRVIEW-SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL, Commissioner of Jobs and Training, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

March 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Coben, Hamline University School of Law, General Practice Clinic, St. Paul, for relator Thomas Peksa.

Dennis J. Merley, Lee A. Lastovich, Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, Minneapolis, for respondent Fairview-Southdale Hosp.

Kent E. Todd, Minn. Dept. of Jobs & Training, St. Paul, for respondent Com'r of Jobs and Training.

Considered and decided by HUSPENI, P.J., and PARKER and NORTON, JJ.


OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

Peksa was involuntarily discharged by Fairview Southdale Hospital on May 21, 1993, due to absenteeism caused by his alcoholism. Peksa argued before the unemployment insurance referee that he had made reasonable and consistent efforts to retain his employment. The referee found that his absences from work were due to his alcoholism and that he had made reasonable efforts to retain sobriety, thus concluding that Peksa's absences did...

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