Carbon County v. Workforce Appeals Bd.
Annotate this CaseWade Marinoni was employed as a first-response emergency medical technician (EMT) for Carbon County. After an incident involving an immediate transport of a patient having a heart attack, Marinoni was fired for failing to immediately respond to the transport request. Marinoni applied for and was awarded unemployment benefits. The ALJ affirmed, finding that Marinoni had acted in good faith according to his understanding of his employer's protocol. The Workforce Board of Appeals affirmed, concluding that Carbon County did not meet its burden to demonstrate just cause for termination. The Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals' ultimate determination upholding the award of unemployment benefits, holding (1) the court of appeals erred in declining to consider in its legal analysis the uncontested fact that Marinoni knew the patient was having a heart attack; but (2) the Board's legal conclusions regarding culpability were within the scope of the deference granted to the Board's decision.
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