Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Lorraine M. Earle-Wilson, Appellant. John F. Hudacs, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-12-15
Citations: 210 A.D.2d 718
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Lorraine M. Earle-Wilson, Appellant. John F. Hudacs, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 210
Pages: 718–719

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Lorraine M. Earle-Wilson, Appellant. John F. Hudacs, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
[621 NYS2d 931]

Opinion:
—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 13, 1993, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not totally unemployed.
The Board found that prior to claimant's receipt of unemployment insurance benefits for the dates in issue, her husband had opened a retail business. Together they opened a business checking account and claimant issued business checks and assisted her husband in the business on a regular basis. Given these findings and the record before us, there is substantial evidence to support the Board's conclusion that claimant was not totally unemployed. The Board also properly determined that the overpayment in benefits was recoverable and the facts support the further finding that claimant made willful false statements in order to obtain benefits.
Cardona, P. J., Mercure, White, Casey and Peters, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.