In re the Claim of Pluckhan

Mikoll, J. P.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 7, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

When this matter was originally before us (245 AD2d 997), *1025we considered claimant’s argument that she was improperly disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits because the misconduct prompting her termination was caused by alcoholism. We noted that alcoholism may excuse what would otherwise be disqualifying misconduct if substantial evidence…