Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Bobbie J. Patterson, Appellant. Louis L. Levine, as Industrial Commissioner, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1975-11-26
Citations: 50 A.D.2d 703
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Bobbie J. Patterson, Appellant. Louis L. Levine, as Industrial Commissioner, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 50
Pages: 703–703

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Bobbie J. Patterson, Appellant. Louis L. Levine, as Industrial Commissioner, Respondent.

Opinion:
— Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 3, 1975, which affirmed the decision of a referee sustaining an initial determination of the Industrial Commissioner disqualifying claimant from receiving benefits upon the ground that he lost his employment due to his own misconduct in connection therewith. A finding of misconduct is a factual one and solely within the province of the board, and its decision, when supported by substantial evidence, which is the situation here, must be affirmed. Absenteeism, after a warning of the consequences upon recurrence, is equivalent to misconduct (cf. Matter of Rivera [Levine], 47 AD2d 569). Claimant's protestations concerning the receipt of hearsay evidence are without merit (Labor Law, § 622, subd 2; Matter of Simpson [Catherwood] 9 AD2d 967). Decision affirmed, without costs. Greenblott, J. P., Sweeney, Kane, Main and Reynolds, JJ., concur.