Rosemarie Stotts v. Employment Appeal Board and Carroll County ( 2022 )

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 21-0668
Filed April 27, 2022
ROSEMARIE STOTTS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
vs.
EMPLOYMENT APPEAL BOARD and CARROLL COUNTY,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Carroll County, Gina C. Badding,
Judge.
A former employee appeals the judicial review order affirming her
disqualification for unemployment benefits. AFFIRMED.
Jeffrey M. Lipman of Lipman Law Firm, P.C., West Des Moines, and Shane
C. Michael of Michael Law Firm, West Des Moines, for appellant.
Rick Autry, Employment Appeal Board, Des Moines, for appellees.
Heard by May, P.J., and Greer and Chicchelly, JJ. Badding, J. takes no
part.
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MAY, Presiding Judge.
Rosemarie Stotts appeals the district court’s order affirming an Employment
Appeal Board (EAB) ruling denying unemployment compensation benefits. Stotts
argues substantial evidence does not support the EAB’s conclusion that she is
disqualified from unemployment benefits because of misconduct. See Iowa
Admin. Code r. 871–24.21(1)(a) (defining “misconduct” to include “conduct
evincing . . . an intentional and substantial disregard of the employer’s interests or
of the employee’s duties and obligations to the employer”). Like the district court,
we conclude substantial evidence exists to support the EAB’s decision. We affirm
without further opinion. Iowa Ct. R. 21.26(1)(b) (providing memorandum opinions
may be appropriate when “[t]he issue is whether the evidence is sufficient to
support . . . an administrative agency’s finding, and the evidence is sufficient”).
AFFIRMED.