MATTER OF ABBOTT


238 A.D.2d 653 (1997)

655 N.Y.S.2d 681

In the Matter of the Claim of Lynn H. Abbott, Appellant. John E. Sweeney, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 3, 1997


Claimant was employed as a manufacturing engineer. His employment was terminated after he cut the power cord of an older piece of equipment in an effort to convince the employer that it should begin using the newer equipment that had been purchased but not yet installed. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant had lost his employment under disqualifying circumstances. We affirm. A finding of misconduct will be...

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