Mills v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

Sherri Mills (Claimant) asks this Court to reverse and remand the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) quashing her appeal from a workers’ compensation judge’s (WCJ) decision. The Board received Claimant’s appeal five days after the filing deadline. Because Claimant offers no good cause for her untimely appeal, we affirm.

A WCJ denied Claimant’s review, penalty and reinstatement petitions on November 5, 2009. Claimant mailed her appeal to the Board in an envelope bearing a private postmark showing the date November 25, 2009, the day before…