Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph T. Farmer, Appellant. Thomas F. Hartnett, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-10-25
Citations: 166 A.D.2d 865
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph T. Farmer, Appellant. Thomas F. Hartnett, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 166
Pages: 865–865

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph T. Farmer, Appellant. Thomas F. Hartnett, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 13, 1989, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.
Although claimant argues that the necessity of retaining an attorney for a personal court matter compelled him to leave his job when he did, a witness for the employer testified that claimant left because he did not want to perform a certain duty as he had been instructed to do. Furthermore, he would have been finished at 3:30 p.m. and instead left at 1:00 p.m., and he admitted he told no one he was leaving. Given that the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board in the exercise of its fact-finding power and on the basis of substantial evidence found against claimant, its conclusion that he voluntarily left his employment without good cause must be upheld (see, Matter of Weber [Catherwood], 32 AD2d 697).
Decision affirmed, without costs. Kane, J. P., Weiss, Mikoll, Yesawich, Jr., and Harvey, JJ., concur.