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COUNTY OF DANE v. L.I.R.C

No. 2006AP2695.

744 N.W.2d 613 (2007)

2007 WI App 262

COUNTY OF DANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION and Gloria N. Graham, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed November 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Timothy J. Yanacheck of Bell, Gierhart & Moore, S.C., Madison.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent Labor and Industry Review Commission, the cause was submitted on the brief of David A. Hart, Assistant Attorney General, and J.B. Van Hollen, Attorney General.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent Gloria N. Graham, the cause was submitted on the brief of Raymond G. Clausen of Clausen & Severson, Madison.

Before DYKMAN, VERGERONT and LUNDSTEN, JJ.

¶ 1 LUNDSTEN, J.

Under Wisconsin worker's compensation law, may an injured worker receive a "disfigurement" award based on a limp? The Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) has previously answered this question twice—in 1986 answering yes, and in 1994 answering no. In its 2006 decision in this case, LIRC answered the question yes. Dane County contends the answer should be no, and appeals the circuit court's order upholding LIRC's decision. We consider...

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