In re the Claim of Leban

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 24, 1995, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

Claimant was employed until March 1994 as a teacher and administrator at New York Medical College. In August 1993, he had incorporated and became president of "Surgical Innovators”, a business intended to develop ideas for surgical instrument manufacturers. After claimant left his academic position in March 1994, the Board found him ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits on…