Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, Inc. v. Unemployment Appeals Commission

Appellant, Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, Inc. (Gold Coast), seeks review of an order of Appellee, the Unemployment Appeals Commission (UAC), which affirmed the appeals referee’s dismissal of Gold Coast’s appeal as untimely filed. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

The claimant, Appellee Scott Sawin, was granted unemployment benefits by notice mailed August 12, 2002, after he was discharged from employment with Gold Coast. At a hearing on the determination, the appeals referee stated that although Gold Coast’s notice of appéal was dated August 14, 2002,…