In re the Claim of Shivpal

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 11, 2003, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from his position as an account *1136manager and salesperson with the employer bottling company after an incident that took place on the employer’s premises during which an exchange of insults between claimant and a coworker led claimant, while holding a chair, to lunge at the coworker, scratching him on the arm. The Unemployment Insurance…