LESTER v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.

No. 1-03-1479.

819 N.E.2d 1143 (2004)

354 Ill. App.3d 51

289 Ill.Dec. 343

Susan B. LESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, an Administrative Agency in the State of Illinois; The Director of the Department of Employment Security; The Board of Review, an Administrative Agency in the State of Illinois; and Purity Supermarketing, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Madden, O'Malley & Madden, P.C., Chicago, for Appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Chicago (Carol A. Cera, of counsel), for Dept. of Employment Security, et al.

Timothy M. Kelly, Christina D. Daskas, Beerman Swerdlove Woloshin, Chicago, for Purity Supermarketing, Inc.


Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Susan Lester filed a claim for unemployment benefits with the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). After her claim was denied by an adjudicator and a referee, plaintiff appealed to the Board of Review (Board), which affirmed these decisions, stating that plaintiff was ineligible for benefits because she failed, without good cause, to accept suitable...

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