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First Name Heimo
Last Name Riedel
Decision Date 7/20/2018
Docket Number 2017-2469-WVU
ALJ JSF
Respondent West Virginia University
Employment Type HE
Job Title Professor
Topics Dismissed
Primary Issues Whether Respondent has proven that this grievance is precluded by the doctrine of collateral estoppel.
Outcome Dismissed; Moot
Statutes W. Va. Code St. R. § 156-1-6.11; W. Va. Code St. R. § 156-1-6.19; W. Va. Code § 6C-2-1
Related Cases Leichliter v. W. Va. Dep’t of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 92-HHR-486 (May 17, 1993); Vest v. The Bd. of Educ. of the County of Nicholas, 193 W.Va. 222, 455 S.E. 2d 781(1995); Blake v. Chas. Area Medical Center, Inc. 201 W. Va. 469, 498 S.E.2d 41 (1997); Harmon v. Fayette County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 03-10-035 (May 6, 2003); State v. Miller, 194 W. Va. 3, 459 S.E.2d 114 (1995)
Keywords Motion to Dismiss; Res Judicata; Collateral Estoppel; Termination
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court Grievant appealed to Kanawha County Circuit Court 8/24/18 CA# 18-AA-235 (Greer);
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant filed a grievance premised on the same claim of wrongful termination that had been dismissed in Docket No. 2015-1774-CONS. Respondent filed a motion to dismiss. Respondent proved by a preponderance of the evidence that Grievant was precluded from relitigating the issue of whether Grievant retired or was terminated from his employment. Accordingly, this grievance is dismissed.

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