Facts
In this case, the issue was the timeliness of the appeal filed by [A.] against the disability pension revocation decision of the IV-Stelle (Disability Insurance Office) of the Canton of St. Gallen dated May 9, 2014. The Insurance Court of the Canton of St. Gallen did not enter into the appeal due to missing the deadline. [A.] then filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court, requesting that the non-entry decision be overturned and that the Insurance Court be instructed to enter into the timely filed legal remedy.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the appeal. It found that the pension revocation decision of May 9, 2014 was delivered to the legal representative of [A.] in his mailbox at 6:13 am on May 10, 2014. Thus, the 30-day appeal deadline pursuant to Art. 60 para. 1 GSSLA began to run on May 11, 2014 and expired on June 10, 2014. Since the appeal was filed on June 11, 2014, it was one day late.
The Federal Supreme Court rejected the appellant's arguments that the decision was not received in his mailbox until Monday, May 12, 2014. It held that the start of the appeal…