Dennis D. Campbell, Relator, vs. Brake Tru, Inc., Respondent, Department of Employment and Economic Development, Respondent.
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Minn. Stat. § 480 A. 08, subd. 3 (2004).
STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN COURT OF APPEALS
A05-872
Dennis
D. Campbell,
Relator,
vs.
Brake Tru, Inc.,
Respondent,
Department of Employment and Economic Development,
Respondent.
Filed January 24, 2006
Affirmed
Wright, Judge
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
File No. 18182 04
Richard I. Diamond, Jesse H. Kibort, Richard I. Diamond, P.A., 601 Carlson Parkway, Suite 1050, Minnetonka, MN 55305 (for relator)
Brake Tru, Inc., 5733 Dumas Avenue, Minnetonka, MN 55345-5108 (respondent)
Lee B. Nelson, Linda A. Holmes, Department of Employment and Economic Development, E200 First National Bank Building, 332 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101 (for respondent Commissioner)
Considered and decided by Halbrooks, Presiding Judge; Klaphake, Judge; and Wright, Judge.
U N P U B L I S H E D O P I N I O N
WRIGHT, Judge
Relator challenges the decision of the senior unemployment review judge that relator is disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits because he was discharged for employment misconduct. We affirm.
FACTSRelator Dennis Campbell is part owner of the Strategic Business Group (SBG) management consulting company. In 2001, SBG contracted with respondent Brake Tru to provide consulting services. Campbell also agreed to become vice president of sales and marketing for Brake Tru. Patrick Grinde, Campbell's SBG business partner, was hired as Brake Tru's president.
On November 3, 2003, Campbell, acting in his role as secretary of the board, signed a promissory note committing Brake Tru to a debt of $44,200 to SBG. The debt was in consideration for office and storage space provided by Campbell and Grinde while working for Brake Tru out of their homes. Grinde also signed the note. Campbell and Grinde then signed a security agreement attaching Brake Tru's assets as collateral for the note. Campbell did not have approval from Brake Tru's board to execute these agreements. After the full board learned of the promissory note, the decision was made on February 2, 2004, to terminate Campbell's employment.
Campbell applied for unemployment benefits from the Department of Employment and Economic Development (department). The department's adjudicator determined that Campbell was not discharged for employment misconduct and, therefore, was qualified to receive unemployment benefits. Brake Tru appealed the department's determination to an unemployment law judge (ULJ), arguing that Campbell had engaged in self-serving conduct that was adverse to Brake Tru's interests. The ULJ concluded that Campbell was discharged for employment misconduct, and Campbell appealed to a senior unemployment review judge (SURJ). The SURJ upheld the disqualification, finding that Brake Tru's board had discharged Campbell for employment misconduct. This certiorari appeal followed.
D E C I S I O N
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