In re the Claim of Deyneka

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 9, 1998, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

Claimant was employed by his father’s wholesale plant nursery and was a partner with his brother in a landscaping business which operated from the same location. In 1993, claimant’s brother became the sole proprietor of both businesses which were consolidated. Thereafter, claimant continued working for his brother’s business and filed claims for unemployment in*724surance…