In re the Claim of Cohen

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 20, 1997, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as a warehouse worker for a wine and spirits wholesaler when he was terminated for failing to perform a work assignment. Claimant testified that he forgot about the assignment after he became involved in a lengthy conversation with a co-worker about video games. Several weeks earlier,…