In re the Claim of Acosta

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 10, 1997, which ruled that claimants were disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance *680benefits because their employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimants were employed as banquet waiters for the employer for several years. Suspecting that the employer was illegally calculating and withholding commissions and tips, claimants initiated a lawsuit against the employer. Thereafter, it was discovered that claimants’ attorney was in possession of numerous documents which had been wrongfully obtained…