In re the Claim of Soler

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 28, 2004, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

In April 2004, claimant visited his mother in Puerto Rico, at which time he learned that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer a year earlier. Shortly after returning to his job at a *937printing company, claimant decided to relocate to Puerto Rico in order to care for his ailing mother. Claimant left his employment without notifying or thereafter…