Quintana v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

On October 24, 2008, a notice of determination, holding Norma Quintana was disqualified from receiving benefits and was overpaid in excess of seven hundred dollars, was mailed to the claimant with instructions for taldng a timely appeal from agency action. Since the appeal was not filed until January 12, 2009, well beyond the twenty-day statutory time limit, it was dismissed by the appeals referee. The Unemployment Appeals Commission affirmed. As nothing in the record supports a finding that the claimant’s notice was not provided to her in a timely manner, and Florida law does not permit good…