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