MACKENZIE v. MILLER BREWING CO.

No. 97-3542.

234 Wis.2d 1 (2000)

2000 WI App 48

608 N.W.2d 331

Jerold J. MACKENZIE, Plaintiff-Respondent-Cross-Appellant, v. MILLER BREWING COMPANY and Robert L. Smith, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Respondents, Patricia G. BEST, Defendant-Cross-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants-cross-respondents and the defendant-cross-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Mary Pat Ninneman, John A. Casey and Frank J. Daily of Quarles & Brady, of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by John A. Casey and Frank J. Daily.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent-cross-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael A. I. Whitcomb of Michael A. I. Whitcomb, S.C., of Milwaukee, and Gerald P. Boyle of Boyle, Boyle & Smith, S.C., of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Michael A. I. Whitcomb and Gerald P. Boyle.

A nonparty brief was filed by Patrick O. Dunphy and Mark L. Thomsen of Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., of Brookfield, for Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

A nonparty brief was filed by Donald L. Heaney and Kenneth B. Axe of Lathrop & Clark, of Madison, for Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.

A nonparty brief was filed by Lisa M. Bergersen of Lindner & Marsack, S.C., of Milwaukee, for Human Resources Management Association.

A nonparty brief was filed by Lisa C. Paul of Croen & Barr, LLP, of Milwaukee, and Janet L. Heins of Heins Law Office LLC, of Mequon, for Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association.

A nonparty brief was filed by Dennis R. McBride, of Milwaukee, for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and C. Gregory Stewart, Philip B. Sklover, Lorraine C. Davis, and Robert J. Gregory, of Washington, D.C., for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.


¶ 1. SCHUDSON, J.

After years of litigation, including a three week jury trial, this case comes here with a record of more than ten thousand pages, briefs from the parties totaling more than three hundred pages, and amicus curiae briefs from: the Human Resources Management Association, the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity...

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