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Worker's compensation

Apr 5, 2012

Employment – workers’ compensation

2011AP1824-FT Friedrich v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.

Mar 22, 2012

Employment – workers’ compensation

2011AP2008 City of Appleton Police Department, et al. v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.

Mar 8, 2012

Employment — workers compensation — refusal to rehire — bad faith

2011AP1113 Prent Corp. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.

Jan 24, 2012

Employment – workers’ compensation — adverse parties

2011AP203 Xcel Energy Services, Inc., v. LIRC

Dec 21, 2011

Employment – workers’ compensation — loaned employees

2011AP345 M.M. Schranz Roofing, Inc., v. First Choice Temporary

Aug 23, 2011

2010AP1948 Schmuck v. Bituminous Fire and Marine Insurance Company

Employment Workers compensation; exclusive remedy

Jul 12, 2011

2009AP564 DeBoer Transportation, Inc., v. Swenson

Employment Workers compensation; refusal to rehire

Jul 6, 2011

2010AP1997 Advanced Transmission Service LLC v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.

Employment Workers compensation; refusal to rehire

May 11, 2011

2010AP1225 Open Hearth Homes LLC v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.

Employment Workers compensation; refusal to rehire The Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) and Randall Cerny appeal from a circuit court order reversing and vacating a LIRC order which held that Open Hearth Homes, LLC, had violated the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act, Wis. Stat. § 102.35(3) (2009-10), by unreasonably refusing to rehire Cerny after he […]

Apr 21, 2011

2010AP1426 Martine v. Williams

Torts Workers compensation; exclusive remedy Where an employee has already asserted a claim that his injuries are covered by the Worker’s Compensation Act, and he had accepted a benefit under the Act, albeit by compromise, his exclusive remedy is under the Act. “The Martines argue that, while the employer’s liability may be limited to the […]

Mar 15, 2011

2010AP1992 Anderson v. Hebert

Torts Defamation; workers compensation The Worker’s Compensation Act is not the exclusive remedy when an employer defames a former employee. “The County also contends Wisconsin courts have applied the exclusive remedy provision to bar claims arising from post-termination injuries other than defamation. The County principally relies on Pederson & Voechting v. Kromrey, 201 Wis. 599, [&hellip[...]

Nov 30, 2010

2010AP208 Aurora Consolidated Health Care v. LIRC

Employment Workers compensation; independent medical examiners The right to rebut the report of an independent medical examiner does not include the right to cross-examination. “Wis. Stat. § 102.17(1)(g) provides LIRC with the discretion to request an independent medical examiner when ‘the testimony presented at any hearing indicates a dispute or creates a doubt as to […]

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