MATTER OF LUGO


294 A.D.2d 689 (2002)

741 N.Y.S.2d 611

In the Matter of WALBERTO LUGO, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

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

Decided May 9, 2002.


Claimant was employed as a porter by a real estate management company for approximately 15 years. He left his employment in October 2000 and moved to Puerto Rico in order to care for his ailing brother. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board subsequently ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he had left his employment for personal and noncompelling reasons. We affirm.

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