In re the Claim of Cerasuolo

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 31, 1992, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

The Board found that claimant, a probationary correction officer, lost his employment because of his arrest for drunk driving. In so doing the Board determined that, even accepting claimant’s allegations that he was an alcoholic, claimant was aware or should have been aware of the fact that his actions at the time were dangerous and unlawful. Under the…