Lees v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

The respondent timely served and filed a pleading for review of the decision of the appellant. The pleading was labeled “Petition for review Sec. 227.15, Wis. Stats.” The petition alleged that the department’s decision determining that respondent was the successor to the unemployment compensation account of Sahara 29, Inc., was contrary to the law and the facts, and that the department acted beyond its authority in attempting to impose liability upon a circuit court receiver for delinquent unemployment compensation fund payments. The petition included a prayer for “review of the determination…