Mathis v. Christian Plumbing and
Heating – ED Pa. – March 21, 2015
Plaintiff was not collaterally
estopped by an adverse result in a UC case, Mathis v. UCBR, 64 A.3d 293 (Pa.
Cmwlth. 2013), from suing former employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act and the Pa. Human Relations Act for improperly terminating his employment
because of Plaintiff’s covering his work i.d. badge, which included language
that the company is a “ministry” and run “in a way most pleasing to the lord...”
The court held that the clear language of 43
P.S. sec. 829 precluded the application of collateral estoppel. Sec. 829 states that “[n]o finding of fact or
law, judgment, conclusion or final order made with respect to a claim for
unemployment compensation under this act may be deemed to be conclusive or
binding in any separate or subsequent action or proceeding in another forum.”
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