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Hickey v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review, PICS Case No. 170792 (Pa. Commw. May 4, 2017) Simpson, J. (8 pages).

Claimant was not entitled to relief from the denial of her untimely appeal of a decision by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review where she failed to rebut the presumption that a properly addressed determination on her claim for benefits reached her in due course of mail. The court affirmed the Board’s decision denying her benefits.