Worker’s Compensation

By: Derek Hawkins//November 15, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: George H. Payne v. Sentry Insurance, et al

Case No. 2016AP236

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Worker’s Compensation

A Department of Workforce Development (DWD) administrative law judge (ALJ) found that George Payne’s chronic back pain was a compensable occupational disease and awarded him worker’s compensation benefits. The Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) reversed. Payne appeals the circuit court’s order affirming LIRC’s decision. We affirm the order.

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