In re the Claim of Boudreau

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 9, 1998, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decisions ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as captain of an oil barge. As a result of claimant’s failure to follow the employer’s established procedure to check that all valves and pumps were shut off, a shipment of fuel oil became contaminated with gasoline, requiring the employer to refine the fuel oil at a cost of $71,000. The…