GINA M. LINDEN, APPELLANT,
v.
REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION, APPELLEE

Fla. 5th DCA | 2018-01-05
No. Case No. 5D17-1051
ORFINGER, EVANDER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.
232 So. 3d 537 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2018) Positive Treatment
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Holding

An untimely appeal to the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission cannot be accepted based on good cause alone unless the untimeliness was occasioned by the Commission's own actions.


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[1] An untimely appeal from a reemployment assistance determination may be accepted only where the claimant demonstrates that the Commission's actions occasioned the untimely…

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Gina M. Linden appealed an administrative decision denying unemployment compensation benefits, but filed her appeal to the RAAC after the deadline. Sh…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM

PER CURIAM

Gina M. Linden appeals from an order of the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission (“RAAC”) dismissing her appeal of an administrative decision denying unemployment compensation benefits as untimely. We affirm.

Ms. Linden contends that she had good cause for failing to timely file her appeal with the RAAC. Unfortunately, section 443.151(4)(b)l., Florida Statutes (2016), which governs appeals from RAAC determinations, does not provide a “good cause” exception that would permit the RAAC to accept an untimely appeal. See Thurman v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 881 So.2d 89, 91 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). The courts have carved out a limited exception in cases where the claimant alleges the untimeliness of unemployment appeals was “occasioned by the actions of the Commission.” Assam v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 871 So.2d 978, 980 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). However, that has not been demonstrated here. Therefore, although sympathetic to her plight, we must affirm the RAAC decision.

AFFIRMED.

ORFINGER, EVANDER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.


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