LOURDES MED. CENTER v. BD. OF REV.


927 A.2d 164 (2007)

394 N.J. Super. 446

LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER OF BURLINGTON COUNTY, Appellant, v. BOARD OF REVIEW, Respondent, and Diane Prestwood, Sandra C. Voda, Jeanne Richardson, Beth A. Benn, Liesa P. Millington, Barbara J. Martin, Patricia A. Sozio, Edna E. Morrissey, Bernice Amarh, Deborah L. Sorrentino, Karon R. Branch, Nancy Zirpoli, Cynthia L. Borgstrom, Quettely G. Danastor, Donna Taylor Rivera, Virginia L. Brown, Annette M. Ridge, Juanita Bussie, Candace L. Webb, Juanita Payne, Christine M. Gallagher, Jane E. Maher, Maria Miraglia, Paula M. Clark, Peggy A. Glaspey, Dorothea D. Curtis Thomas, Kathleen C. Nasto, Regina M. Jones, Thomas W. Bray, Kitty L. Stout, Dzigbordi A. Ahiekpor, Linda L. Pine, Florencia A. Baker, Rovenus D. Little, Marci J. Lyons, Patricia L. Bozzi, Maryann K. Laverty, Nancy Kelly, Phyllis M. Snow, Kathleen M. Moran, Robert A. Walsh, Brenda Morrison, Mary Maietta, Patricia A. Ralph, Josephine M. Folz, Joseph R. Parker, Kimberlin J. Sansoni, Patricia A. Martino, Anna Clark, Carolyn D. Stevenson, Doris E. Roberts, Anna V. Sia, Ayisha Bryant, Mary E. Murray, Rosa E. Jones, Lois J. Price, Christine M. Mueller, Debbie A. Stewart, Mary A. Beaudet, Sharon M. Shedaker, Beth A. Slimm, Shirley J. Megargee, Eleanor A. Neuenfeldt, Mildred E. Perry, Teresa E. Laverty, Carolyn M. Richman, Carol A. Anderson, Susan L. Garbe, Shirley D. Richardson, Purificacion C. St. George, Ysabel L. Galick, Annette L. Zelauskas, Ruth Best, Theresa A. Schiers, Mary F. Hansen, Carol A. Kinkade, Nedina C. Jorden, Elizabeth Hall, Valarie L. Stanley, Sandra L. Iwanicki, Margaret J. Cliver, Stephanie J. Samar, Stephanie L. Smith, Jacqueline R. Kirby, Nora Dunn, Barbara V. Jones, Regina Hass, Marianne Newman, Linda L. Makris, Patricia A. Melchiorre, Joan R. Mcdowell, Patricia L. Mcquarrie, Lisa A. Hall, Susan Stark, Sandralee Heinze, Deborah L. Goss, and Kathleen Denton, Claimants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Princeton, for appellant (Lawrence B. Fine, of counsel; Thomas A. Linthorst and Eric S. Lasky, on the brief).

Stuart Rabner, Attorney General, for respondent Board of Review (Michael J. Haas, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Jennifer B. Pitre, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Kroll Heineman & Giblin, for claimants-respondents (Raymond G. Heineman, on the brief).

Jackson Lewis, Morristown, for amicus curiae New Jersey Hospital Association (Richard W. Schey and David G. Islinger, of counsel; Robert M. Pettigrew, on the brief).

Brennan & Bernardin, Collingswood, for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey, Burlington County Chamber of Commerce, and Cherry Hill Regional Chamber of Commerce (Michael G. Brennan and Daniel A. Bernardin, on the brief).

Before Judges LINTNER, SELTZER and C.L. MINIMAN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

MINIMAN, J.A.D.

After between 240 and 280 nurses employed by appellant Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County (Lourdes) walked off the job on April 19, 2004, ninety-seven of the nurses filed for unemployment benefits on June 6, 2004. Unemployment benefits are designed to "ameliorate the impact of involuntary unemployment." Sweeney v. Bd. of Review, 43 N.J. 535, 539,

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