JIM WALTER COLOR SEPARATIONS v. LIRC

No. 98-2360.

226 Wis.2d 334 (1999)

595 N.W.2d 68

JIM WALTER COLOR SEPARATIONS, Petitioner-Respondent, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Respondent-Appellant, Marcy Ann TOBIAS, Respondent-Co-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the Labor and Industry Review Commission, respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and David C. Rice, assistant attorney general.

On behalf of Mary Ann Tobias, respondent-co-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Amy F. Scarr of Madison.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of William M. Cunningham of Beloit.

Before Vergeront, Roggensack and Deininger, JJ.


VERGERONT, J.

This appeal requires us to construe provisions of the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) prohibiting sexual harassment. Marcy Ann Tobias and the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) appeal the judgment of the trial court reversing LIRC's decision that Tobias' former employer, Jim Walter Color Separations, discriminated against Tobias on the basis of sex by engaging in sexual harassment. They contend that LIRC's interpretation of &...

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