In re the Claim of Kapitany

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 18, 2003, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

In May 1997, claimant and his wife filed a certificate of doing business in order for claimant’s wife to operate a pizzeria and deli in a building that claimant had purchased with money he had inherited. Claimant, who was a seasonal employee at a factory, filed for unemployment insurance benefits effective May 20, 1997, October 19, 1998, October 30, 2000, November 5,…