COUNTY OF DANE v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMM.

No. 2006AP2695.

759 N.W.2d 571 (2009)

2009 WI 9

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner there were briefs filed by Timothy J. Yanacheck and Bell, Gierhart & Moore, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Timothy J. Yanacheck.

For the defendant-respondent Labor Industry Review Commission, there was a brief and oral argument by David A. Hart, III, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

For the defendant-respondent Gloria N. Graham, there was a brief by Raymond G. Clausen and Clausen & Severson, Madison, and oral argument by Raymond G. Clausen.

An amicus curiae was filed by Steven D. Hintzeman, Debra A. DeLeers, and Stellpflug Law, S.C., De Pere, on behalf of the Wisconsin Association for Justice.


¶ 1 PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK, J.

We review a decision of the court of appeals1 affirming the circuit court's decision,2 which affirmed the Labor and Industry Review Commission's (LIRC) order directing that Gloria Graham (Graham) is eligible to receive a statutory award for permanent disfigurement under Wisconsin worker's compensation law, Wis. Stat. § 102.56(1) (2005-06)3

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