In re the Claim of Bannin

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 16, 1996, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not totally unemployed.

Claimant was receiving unemployment insurance benefits at a time when she was the president, treasurer and owner of a one-half interest in a corporation engaged in the business of in-home pet care. The business operated out of claimant’s residence where she maintained a business telephone and answering machine to handle customers’ calls. Claimant maintained the corporation’s books…