Varner v. Allen

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

Clydia M. Varner filed a notice of appeal to the trial court from a decision of the board of appeals of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), which denied her claim for unemployment compensation benefits. The decision of the board of appeals became final on August 8, 1988; Varner filed her notice of appeal on September 7, 1988. The trial court dismissed her appeal on the ground that it was not timely filed. Varner now appeals to this court.

Varner contends that the time within which an appeal must be taken from a decision by DIR is governed by § 41-22-20(d),…