Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Jan 31, 2023
Tracy L. Sanders vs. Division of Employment Security
Tracy Sanders appealed two decisions from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, which affirmed determinations by the Division of Employment Security that she was ineligible for unemployment benefits and had been overpaid. Sanders' appeals to the Tribunal were deemed untimely, and the Commission affirmed. The appellate court reversed and remanded both decisions, finding that the Commission abused its discretion in dismissing the ineligibility appeal as untimely due to good cause, and that the overpayment appeal could not be decided before the underlying eligibility issue.