Sheehan v. Dept. of Employment & Training, No. 98-197.
| Docket Nº | No. 98-197. |
| Citation | 733 A.2d 88 |
| Case Date | June 11, 1999 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Vermont |
733 A.2d 88
Peter SHEEHAN, et al., t/a G & S Forest Productsv.
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
No. 98-197.
Supreme Court of Vermont.
June 11, 1999.
Brooke Pearson, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellee.
Present AMESTOY, C.J., DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ.
MORSE, J.
Employer G & S Forest Products appeals from the Employment Security Board's decision sustaining the Department of Employment and Training's August 8, 1997 successor status determination.1 In its appeal, employer seeks to challenge the Department's May 7, 1996 successor status determination with respect to employer's purchase of another business. Because the May 7, 1996 determination was upheld in an earlier Board decision from which employer failed to file a timely notice of appeal, we conclude that the doctrine of collateral estoppel precludes employer from challenging that determination in this appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the Board's decision.
As best as we can tell from the record and sporadic factual history related in the parties' briefs, Peter and Susan Sheehan and another couple, the Goodriches, were partners who operated a business called G & S Forest Products. The Department assigned employer a contribution rate of 0.6% for the 1995-1996 fiscal year. In April 1996, employer stated in the Department's status report forms that it had acquired the entire business formerly known as Palmer H. Goodrich II/P & L Trucking. On May 7, 1996, the Department notified employer by letter that G & S Forest Products was designated as a successor to Palmer H. Goodrich II as of April 1, 1996. The letter stated that (1) the predecessor's experience rating record would be transferred to and combined with that of the successor; (2) the successor's assigned contribution rate would not change during the remainder of that fiscal year, but effective July 1, 1996 the successor's rate would be based on the combined experience rating records of the successor and predecessor; (3) the successor's experience rating record might be charged with benefits paid to individuals based on wages earned from the predecessor; and (4) if either the successor or predecessor disagreed with the successor status determination, either employer could petition for a hearing before a referee within thirty days of that notice. Employer did not seek to contest the notice of successor status determination contained in the letter.
On June 25, 1996, the Department sent employer a notice stating that its contribution rate for fiscal year 1996-1997 would
On June 25, 1997, the Department notified employer that its contribution rate...
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