BRETL v. LIRC

No. 95-3379.

204 Wis.2d 93 (1996)

553 N.W.2d 550

Scott BRETL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, City of Port Washington Police, Employers Insurance of Wausau and Employee Trust Funds, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael H. Gillick of Murphy, Gillick, Wicht & Prachthauser of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Labor and Industry Review Commission, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general and Stephen M. Sobota, assistant attorney general. On behalf of the defendant-respondent, City of Port Washington Police, the cause was submitted on the brief of James R. Korom and Susan M. Love of Von Briesen, Purtell & Roper, S.C. On behalf of defendant-respondent, Employers Insurance of Wausau, the cause was submitted on the brief of Peter L. Topczewski of Law Offices of Stilp and Cotton of Milwaukee.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Snyder, JJ.


ANDERSON, P.J.

Scott Bretl maintains that there is a lack of credible and substantial evidence to support the Labor and Industry Review Commission's (LIRC) conclusion that he is not suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by his shooting an armed suspect. Upon our review of the record, we are satisfied that LIRC's conclusion is supported by relevant evidence concerning the personal stresses in Bretl's life and competent medical evidence excluding...

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