Unemployment – Untimely Appeal

By: Derek Hawkins//June 8, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Megan J. Coronado v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al

Case No.: 2015AP1588

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Unemployment – Untimely Appeal

Megan J. Coronado appeals from a circuit court order affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) which dismissed her unemployment appeal as untimely. Coronado contends that her failure to timely appeal a series of adverse unemployment benefits determinations was due to a reason beyond her control within the meaning of WIS. STAT. § 108.09(4)(c) (2013-14). Because LIRC’s decision was reasonable and supported by credible and substantial evidence, we affirm.

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