Claimant allowed to appeal nunc pro
tunc from decision that she had received fault overpayments where --
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Claimant received benefits between 11-16-13 and 5-24-14
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On May 15, 2015, the Dept. issued an overpayment notice, charging fault OP
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Claimant had moved from her old address, at which she received benefits, about
a year before the OP notice was sent
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CL eventually learned of OP notice and filed appeal, beyond appeal date
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Claimant had not provided forwarding address to USPS because she was being
hounded by creditors
Court held that under applicable late
appeal jurisprudence, e.g., Hessou v. UCBR, 942 A.2d 194, 198 (Pa. Cmwlth.
2008), the “non-negligent conduct of the claimant” exception should be
applied. Nothing that CL did was
negligent. She had moved more than a
year after her benefits had ended and had no duty or reason to let UC authorities
know of this. The testimony showed that
CL had an unstable housing situation and moved to avoid creditors, but not that
she was in any way negligent.
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*An unreported Commonwealth
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persuasive value. See 210 Pa.
Code § 69.414(b) and Pa. R.A.P.
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