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Matter of Valentino

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 6, 1997
244 A.D.2d 642 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

November 6, 1997

Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.


Claimant was employed as a uniformed guard and driver of an armored car. He resigned from this employment after refusing to comply with the employer's order that he drive an armored car through a blizzard to make a pickup at a bank. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant lost his employment under disqualifying circumstances, charging him with a recoverable overpayment. We affirm. Substantial evidence supports the Board's finding that claimant resigned from his employment after becoming incensed at the employer's reasonable demand that he carry out his duties as an armored car driver despite inclement weather conditions. Ending one's employment after refusing to perform a reasonable work assignment has been found to constitute a voluntary leaving of employment without good cause (see, Matter of Priore [Sweeney], 231 A.D.2d 798, 799). Claimant's assertion that he did not resign but was discharged presented an issue of fact for resolution by the Board (see, id.).

Mikoll, J. P., Mercure, White, Yesawich Jr. and Peters, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Matter of Valentino

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 6, 1997
244 A.D.2d 642 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

Matter of Valentino

Case Details

Full title:Matter of the Claim of ANTHONY J. VALENTINO, Appellant. JOHN E. SWEENEY…

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

Date published: Nov 6, 1997

Citations

244 A.D.2d 642 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
664 N.Y.S.2d 141

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