In Re the Claim of Punter

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

Claimant, a credit and collection clerk for a department store, sustained personal injuries in an automobile accident. Upon receipt of a report form from her insurance company requesting wage information from her employer, she completed the form and signed her manager’s name thereto without authorization.

The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board had the right to disqualify claimant from receiving benefits on the ground that she lost her employment through misconduct in connection therewith. The…