BYERS v. LIRC

No. 95-2490.

208 Wis.2d 388 (1997)

561 N.W.2d 678

Janet Leigh BYERS, Petitioner-Respondent-Petitioner, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Respondent-Co-Appellant, NORTHERN MANUFACTURING COMPANY and Paul Norenberg, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Carol N. Skinner and Bakke Norman, S.C., New Richmond and oral argument by Carol N. Skinner.

For the respondent-co-appellant the cause was argued by David C. Rice, assistant attorney general with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the appellants there was a brief by Thomas R. Jacobson and Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A., Hudson and oral argument by Thomas R. Jacobson.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Bruce F. Ehlke and Shneidman, Myers, Dowling, Blumenfield, Ehlke, Hawks & Domer, Madison for the AFSCME District Council 40.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Steven J. Schooler, John C. Talis and Lawton & Cates, S.C., Madison for the AFSCME Council 24.


¶ 1. SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals reversing a judgment of the Circuit Court for Burnett County, James H. Taylor, Judge.1 The court of appeals held that Wis. Stat. § 102.03(2)(1991-92),2 the exclusive remedy provision of the Worker's Compensation Act, bars Janet Leigh Byers, the petitioner, from bringing a claim against Northern...

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