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Issue Preclusion

By: Derek Hawkins//May 17, 2016//

Issue Preclusion

By: Derek Hawkins//May 17, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals: District IV

Case Name: Pastori M. Balele v. Labor and Industry Review Commission et al

Case No.: 2015AP2417

Officials: Higginbotham, Sherman and Blanchard, JJ

Focus: Issue Preclusion

Pastori Balele appeals a circuit court order that affirmed a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) dismissing Balele’s Equal Rights Division (ERD) complaint against PDQ Food Stores, Inc. Balele contends that LIRC wrongfully dismissed his complaint based on issue preclusion. We conclude that issue preclusion applied to bar Balele’s complaint in this case. We affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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