UFE INC. v. LIRC

No. 94-2794.

201 Wis.2d 274 (1996)

548 N.W.2d 57

UFE INCORPORATED and Pacific Indemnity Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION and Jerry Huebner, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners there were briefs by Bradley C. Lundeen, R. Michael Waterman and Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C., Hudson and oral argument by Bradley C. Lundeen.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was argued by Lowell E. Nass, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Philip Lehner and Capwell and Berthelsen, Racine for the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin.


DONALD W. STEINMETZ, J.

The issue in this case is whether Wis. Stat. § 102.42(2)(a) (1993-94),1 a section of the Worker's Compensation Act (the Act), requires UFE Incorporated (UFE) to pay the out-ofstate health care expenses incurred by one of its employees without UFE's consent. The court of appeals interpreted Wis. Stat. § 102.42(2)(a) as not requiring UFE's consent to the out-of...

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