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In re the Claim of Coon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Sep 13, 2007
43 A.D.3d 1225 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 502231.

September 13, 2007.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 22, 2006, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminate d due to misconduct.

Jennie L. Coon, Sharon Springs, appellant pro se.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York City (Gary Leibowitz of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Spain, J.P., Mugglin, Rose and Kane, JJ., concur.


Claimant, a general laborer, worked for AMT, Inc. from December 005 until September 2006, when she was fired for insubordinate behavior. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board denied her ensuing claim for unemployment insurance benefits on the ground that her employment had been terminated for misconduct. Claimant now appeals.

We affirm. An employee's insubordinate behavior toward his or her superiors can constitute disqualifying conduct ( see Matter of Piervencenti [Crest/Good Mfg. Co., Inc.Commissioner of Labor], 39 AD3d 1108, 1109; Matter of Gigi [Commissioner of Labor], 37 AD3d 894, 895). Here, testimony from AMT's production manager established that, on multiple occasions, claimant had engaged in unprofessional and disrespectful conduct, including refusing to obey orders, and, indeed, claimant had been warned about such behavior. To the extent that claimant denied the allegations against her, a credibility issue was created for resolution by the Board ( see Matter of Kretchmer [Commissioner of Labor], 8 AD3d 849, 850). In view of the foregoing, we find that there is substantial evidence indicating that claimant was discharged for insubordination ( see Matter of Lambert [Commissioner of Labor], 34 AD3d 948, 948).

Ordered that the decision in affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

In re the Claim of Coon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Sep 13, 2007
43 A.D.3d 1225 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

In re the Claim of Coon

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of JENNIE L. COON, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Sep 13, 2007

Citations

43 A.D.3d 1225 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 6605
841 N.Y.S.2d 417

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