OPERTON v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COM'N

No. 2015AP1055.

880 N.W.2d 169 (2016)

2016 WI App 37

Lela M. OPERTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Defendant-Respondent. Walgreen Co. Illinois, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed April 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Marilyn Townsend and Frederick B. Wade of Law Offices of Marilyn Townsend, Madison.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of William Sample of Labor and Industry Review Commission, Madison.

Before LUNDSTEN, BRENNAN and REILLY, JJ.


¶ 1 In 2013, our legislature enacted an entirely new statutory ground for the denial of unemployment benefits: "substantial fault." We are presented in this case with an issue of first impression as to the statutory construction and application of "substantial fault" as that term is defined in WIS. STAT. § 108.04(5g)(a) (2013...

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