Clymer v. Employment Security Department

William Clymer wanted to appeal an unemployment determination made in his case by the Commissioner of Employment Security. Although Cly-mer’s attorney left the Petition for Review for a legal messenger several days before the deadline, the messenger did not take the Petition from the attorney’s office, evidently because it was not accompanied by a filing fee. Someone in the attorney’s office found the Petition one day after the deadline for filing expired, and filed it that same day. The superior court dismissed Clymer’s appeal, and we affirm.

FACTS

The Commissioner of the Washington’s…