In re the Claim of Hotaling

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 18, 1997, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

One month prior to losing his job under nondisqualifying conditions, claimant and two friends started a concrete business. According to claimant, he withdrew from this business prior to applying for unemployment insurance benefits. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled, inter alia, that claimant was ineligible to receive benefits because he was not totally…