Res judicata and collateral estoppel prohibition.

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Any findings of fact or law, judgment, conclusions or final order made by an unemployment insurance claims examiner, hearing officer, the board of review or any person with the authority to make findings of fact or law in any action or proceeding under the Unemployment Compensation Law, shall not be conclusive or binding in any separate proceeding between an individual and his present or prior employer brought before an arbitrator, hearing officer, court or judge of this state or the United States regardless of whether the prior action was between the same or related parties or involved the same facts.

History: 1978 Comp., § 51-1-55, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 18, § 5.


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