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DARKENWALD v. STATE EMPLOYMENT SEC. DEPT.

No. 90544-4.

350 P.3d 647 (2015)

Linda DARKENWALD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Washington EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 21, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Earl Younglove III , Younglove & Coker, PLLC, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

Eric A. Sonju , Washington State Office of the Attorney, Dept. of Lic & Admin. Law A.G. Office, Attorney at Law, Jay Douglas Geck , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, Eric Daniel Peterson , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Michele Besso , Northwest Justice Project, David Jd Morales , Attorney at Law, Yakima, WA, Eric Dunn , Deborah Perluss , Northwest Justice Project, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Northwest Justice Project.

Janet S. Chung , Legal Voice, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Legal Voice.

Jeffrey Lowell Needle , Maynard Building, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

Robert Andrew Battles , Association of Washington Business, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Business.

¶ 1 Linda Darkenwald appeals from the Washington Employment Security Department's (Department) denial of her claim for unemployment benefits. We must decide whether a desire to work only part time constitutes a good cause reason for leaving work, thus permitting an individual who leaves work for that reason to collect unemployment...

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