Shimko v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Even if it is true that the petitioner had been told by an OES employee that the initial denial of benefits would not cause her to be ineligible for federal supplemental benefits, the petitioner subsequently received several written notices with her extended benefits checks which stated in part that “no Federal Supplemental Benefits (FSSB) will be payable to any claimant who has not established entitlement on or before October 29, 1977.” This was clearly sufficient to put the petitioner on inquiry such that she ■should have sought clarification of her position. Having been put on notice during the month of September, she cannot assert that her failure to seek an appeal of the initial denial of benefits until the end of October was caused by fraud or its equivalent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Phares v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review