As part of its longstanding commitment pro bono representation, Greene Espel recently represented a client in an unemployment benefits case before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. In Dunn v. UCARE Minnesota and Department of Employment and Economic Development, the court reversed the unemployment judge’s decision to deny benefits to our client. Under state law, an applicant who quits employment is generally ineligible for unemployment benefits, but there is an exception when the applicant quits within 30 calendar days of beginning employment because the new job is unsuitable. The court of appeals found that the unemployment law judge made factual and legal errors in finding that our client’s new job was suitable, and it remanded the case for further proceedings. Robin Wolpert handled the case as part of the Court of Appeals pro bono program for unemployment compensation benefits appeals.

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