In re the Claim of Simmons

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 16, 2002, which denied claimant’s application to reopen a previous decision denying her application for unemployment insurance benefits.

Following an initial determination finding that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct and charging her with a recoverable overpayment of benefits, claimant requested a hearing at which she failed to appear. Thereafter, a default decision was issued sustaining the initial determination.…