In re the Claim of Guerriero

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 18, 1996, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its previous decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as an armed security guard at a Federal Reserve Bank building until his employment was terminated after he inadvertently discharged a revolver in the bank’s lobby. The record discloses that claimant was examining the gun of a fellow employee and, in order to test the trigger…