In re the Claim of Oakes

Kane, J. P.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 2, 1987, which ruled that claimant was entitled to receive benefits.

From May 1985 to October 1985, claimant held the exclusive right to sell and distribute the products of Stroehman Bakeries, Inc. throughout a designated area in the vicinity of the Town of Malone, Franklin County, in accordance with the provisions of a written "distributor’s agreement” between claimant and Stroehman. The agreement specifically provided that claimant, as a distributor, was a self-employed independent business man and…