Harrison v. State Department of Industrial Relations

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s decision to affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

The record in this case reveals that Robert L. Harrison filed a claim for unemployment-compensation benefits on February 24, 2008. On March 20, 2008, the State Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) mailed Harrison a “Notice of Determination” denying Harrison’s claim (“the denial notice”). The denial notice includes instructions on how to appeal the determination denying Harrison’s claim; those instructions state that an appeal must be filed within 15 calendar days from the date the notice is…