LOURDES MEDICAL v. BOARD OF REVIEW

A-70/71 September Term 2007

963 A.2d 289 (2009)

197 N.J. 339

LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER OF BURLINGTON COUNTY, Respondent-Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. BOARD OF REVIEW, Respondent-Appellant and Cross-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 Zirpioli, 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 and Cross-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd A. Wigder, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (Anne Milgram, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Lewis A. Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Scheindlin and Ellen A. Reichart, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Thomas A. Linthorst, Princeton, argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, attorneys).

Raymond G. Heineman, Jr., argued the cause for respondents and cross-respondents (Kroll Heineman Giblin, attorneys).

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


Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, we must determine whether nurses, while on strike against Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County (Lourdes), were entitled to unemployment benefits. N.J.S.A. 43:21-5 provides that striking workers are entitled to unemployment benefits, except when the strike causes a "stoppage of work" at their place of employment. The question is what constitutes...

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