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SYKES v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

No. A10-88.

789 N.W.2d 253 (2010)

Tashika SYKES, Relator, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Respondent, Department of Employment and Economic Development, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

October 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley I. Chase , Chase Law PLLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for relator).

Northwest Airlines, Inc., St. Louis , Missouri (respondent employer).

Lee B. Nelson , Britt K. Lindsay-Waterman , Department of Employment and Economic Development, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent department).

Considered and decided by MINGE, Presiding Judge; ROSS, Judge; and BJORKMAN, Judge.

OPINION

ROSS, Judge.

Relator Tashika Sykes quit her job with Northwest Airlines for a higher-salaried position. But her new job lasted less than two weeks for lack of funding. Sykes applied for but was denied unemployment benefits arising from her employment with Northwest because she had quit that position. She now challenges the decision of the unemployment law judge (ULJ) that she is ineligible for unemployment benefits, arguing that the better-job exception...

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