POSTED: Friday, May 20th, 2011 at 11:08 am

BY: David Ziemer, david.ziemer@wislawjournal.com

More than three years ago, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held that an employee’s discrimination claim under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act is not barred, even though federal courts have already rejected the same claim based on federal law.

POSTED: Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 at 10:20 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Wisconsin Court of Appeals CIVIL PUBLISHED Employment Discrimination; issue preclusion Where a discrimination claim filed with the EEOC was found untimely, the same claim filed with the ERD is also untimely. “Here, Aldrich was represented by counsel in the federal proceedings and could have sought review of the federal court decision. The question of law [...]