Opinion ID: 864653
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: whether the employer, sheriff richard “rip”

Text: STRINGER, FAILED TO SHOW GOOD CAUSE FOR HIS FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE AN APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW PURSUANT TO MISS. CODE ANN. SECTION 71-5-519 (1972, AS AMENDED). ¶10. MESC contends that the Sheriff’s Department failed to show good cause for its failure to timely file an appeal and that the decision of the Board of Review should be affirmed. The fourteen-day time period may be relaxed or extended if there is a showing of “good cause” by the appellant that the mailing to the last known address was not “reasonably calculated, under all circumstances, to apprise” the party of the decision. Booth v. Miss. Employment Sec. Comm’n, 588 So.2d 422 (Miss. 1991) Cane v. Miss. Employment Sec. Comm’n, 368 So.2d 1263 (Miss. 1979); Holt v. Miss. Employment Sec. Comm’n, 724 So.2d 466 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998). Good cause is established when there is sufficient 4 evidence to show that a party failed to receive the mailing due to delays in the mail or because of an act beyond the party’s control. Moreover, there is a presumption that the majority of mail is delivered on a timely basis. Mere denial that the notice was received, without supporting evidence, fails to constitute good cause for failing to timely appeal. Id. Thus, the Sheriff’s Department failed to show good cause for its failure to timely appeal.