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BOYNTON CAB CO. v. ILHR DEPARTMENT

No. 77-652.

96 Wis.2d 396 (1980)

291 N.W.2d 850

BOYNTON CAB COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, Appellant-Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR & HUMAN RELATIONS, a Wisconsin state agency, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 13, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant-petitioner there was a brief by John J. Burke, Terrence J. Gaffney and Burke & Schoetz of Milwaukee, and oral argument by John J. Burke.

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.

Originally reported in 86 Wis.2d 760, 273 N.W.2d 386.

HEFFERNAN, J.

The complainant, Eli Godfried, applied for a job as a taxicab driver with Boynton Cab Company in Milwaukee on June 4, 1974. When Boynton refused to hire him because of his handicap, the congenital lack of the right hand and forearm from about three inches below the elbow, Godfried filed a handicap discrimination complaint with the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations.

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