BAXTER v. DNR

No. 90-1359.

165 Wis.2d 298 (1991)

477 N.W.2d 648

Janice E. BAXTER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Wisconsin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Paulette J. Harder, Carroll Besadny, Richard A. Fox, Suzan Beth Shea, and Marlys L. Foley, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of James E. Doyle, attorney general, with Robert D. Repasky and Michael J. Losse, assistant attorney generals. Oral argument by Robert D. Repasky.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael R. Fox and Mary E. Kennelly of Fox & Fox, S.C. of Madison. Oral argument by Michael R. Fox.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Dykman, J.


GARTZKE, P.J.

Janice Baxter, plaintiff, brought a civil action under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 and 29 U.S.C. sec. 794 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973)1 charging that the defendants failed to accommodate her handicap, mental depression, and unlawfully terminated her employment because of her handicap. Defendants are Carroll Besadny, the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, Paulette Harder, department administrator, Richard Fox, a departmental...

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