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LANGHUS v. LIRC

No. 96-0622.

206 Wis.2d 494 (1996)

557 N.W.2d 450

Howard G. LANGHUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wisconsin LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Employers Insurance of Wausau and City of Westby, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of William A. Kirkpatrick of Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp & Sleik of La Crosse.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general and Monica Burkert-Brist, assistant attorney general and adopted in its entirety by Steve A. Cotton of Stilp, Cotton and Wells of Wausau.

Before Eich, C.J., Vergeront and Deininger, JJ.

DEININGER, J.

Howard Langhus appeals from a judgment affirming the decision of the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) denying his claim for benefits for permanent total disability. Langhus claims that LIRC exceeded its authority by requiring him to bear the burden of establishing the portion of his permanent disability attributable to an unscheduled injury. Because we conclude that LIRC's denial of permanent total disability benefits is consistent...

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