Williams v. Luft Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “It is clear that the appellant’s notice of appeal was mailed to the Commission in a timely manner and that, but for some unforeseeable circumstance, it would have been received by the Commission well within the period allowed for timely filing. Although we are not unsympathetic to the appellant’s dilemma, we nevertheless find no error on the part of our clerk because the timely filing of a notice of appeal is essential to our jurisdiction. Blevins v. UIS, 29 Ark. App. 102 , 780 S.W.2d 584 (1989). This is not a procedural rule but is instead a jurisdictional one, and although a person can consent to jurisdiction over his person, jurisdiction cannot otherwise be conferred by consent. Id. This rule applies to appeals from the Workers’ Compensation Commission, Lloyd v. Potlatch Corp., [supra], and the rule of unavoidable casualty does not apply to failure to file a timely notice of appeal. Therefore, because the appellant’s notice of appeal was not timely filed within thirty days of the Commission’s opinion, we do not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal. (Citations omitted.)”

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