29-250 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 6 - Default

1. If a party who requested a hearing fails to appear at the hearing, the hearing request shall be dismissed. If within ten days following the dismissal a party submits information demonstrating good cause for the failure to appear, the request for hearing may be reinstated, at the discretion of the Hearing Examiner.

2. Good cause. The following circumstances constitute good cause for the purpose of Subsection 1:

A. a death or serious illness in the family;

B. a personal injury or illness which reasonably prevents the party from attending the hearing;

C. an emergency or unforeseen event which reasonably prevents the party from attending the hearing;

D. an obligation or responsibility which a reasonable person in the conduct of his or her affairs could reasonably conclude takes precedence over attendance at the hearing;

E. lack of receipt of adequate or timely notice; or

F. excusable neglect, excusable inadvertence, or excusable mistake.

Notes

29-250 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 6