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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Claim of Elizabeth A. Deaton, Appellant. John F. Hudacs, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
    [620 NYS2d 173]
   —Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 3, 1993, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Upon review of the record, we find that there is substantial evidence to support the Board’s determination that claimant was discharged for misconduct from her position as a resident treatment specialist at a facility that provides personal care and training for mentally retarded and developmentally disabled adults. Claimant was terminated for not catheterizing a patient during her shift pursuant to physician instructions. Notably, claimant had already been disciplined for sleeping on the job and she had been warned that neglecting patients could result in her termination. Under the circumstances, the Board rationally concluded that claimant lost her employment under disqualifying circumstances.

Cardona, P. J., Mercure, White, Casey and Peters, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.