Appellate Practice : Failure To Challenge Issue – Pro Se Appellant – Unemployment Compensation Case

Where an unemployment compensation claimant failed to challenge the issue actually determined by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission following her disqualification from benefits, which was her failure to participate in a telephone hearing, and instead her appeal focused on the merits of her claim for benefits, the appeal is dismissed as abandoned.

Appeal is dismissed.

McGinnis v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. (MLW No. 69274/Case No. SD34300 – 3 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.) Appealed from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission.

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