Lopresti v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Kathleen C. Lopresti (Claimant) petitions for review of the April 27, 2012, order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (UCBR), affirming the referee’s dismissal of Claimant’s appeal as untimely. We affirm.

Claimant received a notice of determination from the local service center denying benefits on November 21, 2011. (UCBR’s Findings of Fact, No. 1.) The notice informed Claimant that the deadline for filing an appeal was December 6, 2011. (UCBR’s Findings of Fact, No. 5.)

Claimant’s attorney attempted to fax an appeal to the Allentown Unemployment…