EDDY A. MEJIA, APPELLANT,
v.
COTTONIMAGES.COM, INC., AND THE FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, APPELLEES

Fla. 3d DCA | 2009-12-30
No. 3D09-1795
Before WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
27 So. 3d 688 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2009) Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases
Opinion of the Court
WELLS, Judge.

WELLS, Judge.

Affirmed. See § 443.151(3), Fla. Stat. (2009) (providing that an appeal from an unemployment compensation claim decision must be filed within twenty (20) days after mailing of the notice of decision); Leon v. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 476 So.2d 761, 761 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985) (observing that “late filing deprived the *689referee of jurisdiction to consider the merits of Leon’s claim”).

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