INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. v. LABOUR & INDUS. REV. COM'N

No. 01-0126.

248 Wis.2d 348 (2001)

2001 WI App 248

635 N.W.2d 823

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Helmsman Management Service and Robert Wieseler, deceased, by Lorraine Wieseler, widow, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION and Work Injury Supplemental Benefit Fund, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, there were joint briefs for International Paper Company and Helmsman Management Service, by Peter S. Nelson of Nesemann Law Office, S.C. and for Robert Wieseler, deceased, by Lorraine Wieseler, by Anthony W. Welhouse of Welhouse Law Office, both of Appleton.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Work Injury Supplemental Benefit Fund, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Stephen M. Sobota, assistant attorney general.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Labor and Industry Review Commission, the cause was submitted on the brief of William W. Cassel of Madison.

Before Cane, C.J., Peterson and Dykman, JJ.


¶ 1. CANE, C.J.

Lorraine Wieseler, Helmsman Management Service and International Paper Company appeal a circuit cour t order affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) concluding that International Paper Company, rather than the Work Injury Supplemental Benefit Fund (the fund), is liable to pay Lorraine death benefits pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 102.46.1 Lorraine...

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