In re the Claim of Figueroa

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 13, 2003, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from her employment as an administrative assistant at a school after she began yelling and threatening to sue as a result of her health insurance coverage being delayed. When claimant refused to abide by the director’s order to leave, the police were called. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, reversing the decision of the…