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AMERICAN MOTORS CORP. v. LIRC

No. 82-389.

119 Wis.2d 706 (1984)

350 N.W.2d 120

AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Maureen McGlynn, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the petitioner-appellant there was a brief by L.C. Hammond, Jr., Mary Pat Ninneman and Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Ms. Ninneman.

WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

The Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) seeks review of a decision holding that Sharon Basile, who is four feet, ten inches tall, and who American Motors Corporation (AMC) did not hire for a particular job because of her small stature, is not handicapped under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (Act). The issue for review is whether Basile is handicapped within the meaning of the Act because...

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