NORTHWESTERN INSULATION v. LIRC

No. 88-0061.

147 Wis.2d 72 (1988)

432 N.W.2d 620

NORTHWESTERN INSULATION and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Edward P. Soletski, Insulation Consultants Management Service, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co., Sprinkman Sons Construction, Employers Insurance of Wausau, and State of Wisconsin Work Injury Supplemental Benefit Fund, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frausen, S.C. by Thomas A. Siedow and Paul R. Riegel of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, and Lowell E. Nass, assistant attorney general, of Madison.

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


FINE, J.

Northwestern Insulation appeals from a December 1, 1987 judgment of the circuit court, which upheld the Labor and Industry Review Commission's award of worker's compensation benefits to Edward P. Soletski to be paid by Northwestern Insulation. The critical issue on appeal is whether the Commission's conclusion that Northwestern Insulation was Soletski's last employer whose employment caused his disability is supported by credible evidence. We reverse.

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