{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"suzanne-koenen","displayName":"Suzanne Koenen","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed110045:2022-06-07","opinionId":"7722d944-4f63-5cea-b6b2-8749bef6dbdf","slug":"suzanne-koenen-appellant-v-brg-liberty-llc-and-division-of-employment-sec-110045","caseName":"Suzanne Koenen, Appellant, vs. BRG Liberty, LLC, and Division of Employment Security, Respondents.","caseNumber":"ED110045","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2022-06-07","year":2022,"display_summary":"Suzanne Koenen appealed the Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission's denial of her unemployment benefits claim. Her employer, BRG Liberty, LLC, reduced her hours and eventually removed her from the schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but then claimed she voluntarily quit by failing to report for work. The appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that the Commission's finding that Koenen failed to report for shifts was based solely on hearsay testimony to which an objection could be inferred, and that the record instead showed Koenen was laid off due to pandemic-related cutbacks and made reasonable efforts to find work.","primaryTopic":"administrative-law","topicSlugs":["administrative-law","employment-law","evidence","standard-of-review","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=187258","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/suzanne-koenen-appellant-v-brg-liberty-llc-and-division-of-employment-sec-110045","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":36,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: employment","topic: employment-law","text: employment","text: employer"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: evidence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":4,"source":"text","evidence":["text: llc"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/corporate"}],"role":"appellant"}]}