In re the Claim of Harris

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 19, 2011, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board which ruled that claimant, a probationary correction officer, lost his employment due to disqualifying misconduct. The record establishes that claimant was involved in an altercation outside a bar and, after the police arrived and viewed a videotape of the incident, claimant…