In re the Claim of White

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 7, 1999, which ruled, inter alla, that claimant was disqualified from receiving benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as a housekeeping person until he was discharged for fighting with a co-worker. Claimant had previously complained to the employer about the co-worker’s harassment and when he approached his supervisor to voice another complaint, the co-worker confronted claimant in what the supervisor described as a provoking manner. According to the supervisor,…