Legal Opinion
Graves v. Employment Security Department
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 29, 2008No. 35749-6-IIPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn-Brintnall, J.
¶1 Steven P. Graves appeals from
a judgment of the Thurston County Superior Court, affirming the Employment Security Department’s (ESD) denial of his claim for unemployment benefits. An administrative law judge (ALJ) entered a default judgment in favor of ESD after Graves failed to appear for a hearing on his appeal. Because Graves’s only reason for failing to attend the hearing was that he had mismarked the hearing date on his calendar, he has not shown good cause to vacate the default judgment. We affirm.
FACTS
¶2 The record does not contain the details underlying Graves’s1 unemployment…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Tapper v. Employment Security DepartmentWashington Supreme Court · 1993
- Griggs v. Averbeck Realty, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1979
- Holland v. City of TacomaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1998
- Holland v. City of TacomaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1998
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Eiler v. South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation, Unemployment Insurance DivisionSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2013
- Christopher Belling v. Employment Security Department, State of WashingtonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2017
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