Gumbs v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation Act

The named defendant,1 the administrator of the Unemployment Compensation Act, appeals from the trial court’s judgment remanding the case for a *132hearing on the merits after sustaining the plaintiffs appeal from the decision of the employment security board of review to dismiss the case for untimeliness.

The plaintiff was discharged from employment by the town of Greenwich on October 15, 1983. She was denied unemployment benefits by the defendant on February 15, 1984, and a letter informing her of that denial was mailed to her on the following day at her then last known address. She has continued…