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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STA TE OF DELAWARE IN AND FOR THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY CAROL STEWART, ) ) Appe llant, ) ) v. ) ) CONNECTIONS, ) and UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ) APPEAL BOARD, ) ) Appellees. )

C.A. No. 07A-10-003 JRS

Date Submitted: April 22, 2008 Date Decided: July 9, 2008 Upon Appeal from the Unemploym ent Insurance Appea l Board. AFFIRMED ORDER This 9 th day of July 2008, upon consideration of the appeal of Carol Stewart ("Ms. Stewart"), from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board (the "Board") denying her claim for unemployment benefits against her former employer, Connections ("Connections"),1 it appears to the Co urt that:

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Neither the pleadings not the record offer any indication as to the legal status of Connections. The Court's independent search of the worldwide web reveals that "Connections" is actually Connections CSP, Inc. 1

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Ms. Stewart was employed as a staff member at the Chadwick Supervised

Apartments, a program run by Connections, from January 16, 2003 until June 5, 2007, when her employment was terminated.2 On Ju ne 5, 20 07, M s. Stewart's supervisor, Sara Gundel ("Ms. Gundel"), approached Ms. Stewart with a performance write up regarding her failure prop erly to com plete Medicine A dministr ation Re ports ("MARs") for resid ents to whom she had administered medication.3 Ms. Stewart had been written up for s imilar infr actions in the past. 4 Ms. Gundel reports that upon presenting Ms. S tewart w ith the w rite up M s. Stew art becam e irate and told Ms. Gundel that she was "full of shit," "wait till (sic) they f ind someth ing on you , I'm gonna (sic) get something on you," and "fuck this" (repeatedly).5 Ms. Gundel then sent Ms. Stewart home for the remainder of the day, but told her to report the following morning at 10:00 a.m. for a meeting with Ms. Gundel and her supervisor.6 2. On June 6, 2007, the following morning, Ms. Stewart failed to show up

at the scheduled meeting.7 Later that same day Ms. Stewart spoke with Ms. Gundel who directed her to contact Human Resources. Ms. Stewart claims to have called

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Docket Item ("D.I.") 5, at 23. D.I..5, at 97. D.I.5, at 8,9,11,13. D.I.5 at 6. D.I.5 at 98. Id. 2

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Human Resources but received no answer. She is unsure whether she left a message. At some later point, Ms. Stewart spoke with Human Resources and was informed that her employment with Connections had been terminated.8 3. Ms. Stewart filed for unemployment compensation with the Delaware

Department of Labor ("DOL") on June 10, 2007.9 On July 3, 2007, a Claims D eputy for the DOL determin ed that C onnectio ns termin ated M s. Stew art for miscondu ct in connection with her work constituting just cause.10 Pursuant to 19 Del. C.

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