Harrison v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

The central issue is whether sworn statements made by George Harrison relating to an age discrimination claim under state law were contrary to his sworn averments and testimony before a federal administrative law judge (ALJ) determining his qualifications for social security disability (SSI). A state ALJ ruled that the statements in the two proceedings were contrary to each other and used the principles of judi cial estoppel to deny Harrison's claim; LIRC agreed. We affirm the trial court's rejection of LIRC's rationale because LIRC has not yet persuaded us that the factual context of the two…