HAGEN v. LIRC

No. 94-0374.

210 Wis.2d 12 (1997)

563 N.W.2d 454

Adela S. HAGEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Hess Memorial Hospital Association, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation and Fire & Casualty Insurance Company of Connecticut, Respondents-Respondents-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-respondent-petitioner, LIRC, there was oral argument by Lowell E. Nass, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the respondents-respondents-petitioners, Hess Memorial Hospital and Fire & Casualty Insurance Company of Connecticut, there were briefs by Ronald S. Aplin, Frederick J. Smith and Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Madison and oral argument by Ronald S. Aplin.

For the plaintiff-appellant there was a brief by John R. Orton and Curran, Hollenbeck & Orton, S.C., Mauston and oral argument by John R. Orton.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael H. Gillick and Murphy, Gillick, Wicht and Prachthauser, Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Thomas M. Rohe and Otjen, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weier, S.C., Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by James R. Gorton and Denissen, Kranzush, Mahoney & Ewald, S.C., Green Bay for the Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Eric E. Hobbs and Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.


¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

The respondents, the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC), Hess Memorial Hospital Association, Inc. (the Hospital), and Fire and Casualty Insurance Company of Connecticut (the Insurer), seek review of a published decision of the court of appeals.1 The court of appeals reversed a circuit court decision which upheld LIRC's determination that injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Adela S. Hagen, were...

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