CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INS. CO. v. DILHR

No. 76-421.

86 Wis.2d 393 (1978)

273 N.W.2d 206

CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR & HUMAN RELATIONS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by William A. DeMark and DeMark, Kolbe & Brodek, and oral argument by William A. DeMark of Milwaukee.

For the respondent the cause was argued by David C. Rice, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

Brief amicus curiae was filed by Dianne Greenley for Center for Public Representation, Inc., of Madison.


BEILFUSS, C. J.

DILHR found the complainant had a "drinking problem," concluded it was a handicap and that the employer discharged the complainant because of his handicap contrary to Wisconsin's Fair Employment Act.1 A make-whole order was issued and is the subject of this appeal.

The dispositive issues as we view them are whether the evidence is sufficient to support the findings, and whether the findings of fact and conclusions...

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