In re the Claim of Bigelow

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 18, 2004, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

Claimant, the vice-president and 50% shareholder of an advertising services company, and his business associate had a falling out in March 2003, as a result of which claimant stopped coming to work at the company’s office. The business ceased operations in July 2003. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board denied claimant’s subsequent application for unemployment insurance…