EATON CORP. v. LIRC

No. 84-886.

122 Wis.2d 704 (1985)

364 N.W.2d 172

EATON CORP., Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Respondent, Robert J. PABELICK, Defendant and Cross-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant and cross-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, with Lowell E. Nass, assistant attorney general of counsel, of Madison.

For plaintiff-respondent and cross-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael, Best & Friedrich, with Lee J. Geronime and Thomas P. Godar of counsel, of Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Moser and Sullivan, JJ.


MOSER, J.

The Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) appeals from the trial court's reversal of an LIRC order which determined that Robert J. Pabelick (Pabelick) should be awarded $12,000 for potential wage loss because of permanent disfigurement. Because there was credible and substantial evidence to support the LIRC's findings of fact and its legal conclusion was reasonable, we reverse the trial court.

On cross-appeal, Eaton Corp. (Eaton) argues that...

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