WISCONSIN ELEC. POWER CO. v. LIRC

No. 97-2747-FT.

226 Wis.2d 778 (1999)

595 N.W.2d 23

WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner, Scott OVERBYE, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Stephen M. Sobota, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the plaintiff-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Lynne English, Milwaukee.


¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

Petitioner, the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC), seeks review of a decision of the court of appeals reversing LIRC's determination that Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO) must pay almost $750,000 in worker's compensation benefits for injuries suffered by one of its former employees, Scott Overbye (Overbye).1 LIRC held that under the "traveling employee" statute, Wis. Stat. § 102.03...

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