Opinion
September 26, 1991
Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
The evidence establishes that claimant sold his 50% interest in the corporation after the other stockholder insisted that claimant either sell said interest or buy him out. The business was not in imminent danger of failing and had not filed for bankruptcy; nor did there appear to be any problem with paying both stockholders a salary. As such, claimant has failed to demonstrate a compelling reason for the sale, and the fact that he might have had a personality clash with the other stockholder is of no consequence. The decision that claimant voluntarily left his employment without good cause is therefore supported by substantial evidence and must be upheld (see, Matter of Sonners [Roberts], 133 A.D.2d 491; Matter of Berry [Catherwood], 32 A.D.2d 594; Matter of Amato [Catherwood], 26 A.D.2d 599).
Mahoney, P.J., Casey, Mikoll, Levine and Harvey, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.