WI BELL v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COM'N

No. 2016AP355.

914 N.W.2d 1 (2018)

2018 WI 76

WISCONSIN BELL, INC., Petitioner-Appellant-Petitioner, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION and Charles E. Carlson, Respondents-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: June 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Julia S. Arnold , Laura A. Lindner , Casey M. Kaiser , and Littler Mendelson, P.C., Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Laura A. Linder.

For the respondent-respondent, Labor and Industry Review Commission, there was a brief filed by Jeffrey J. Shampo , John L. Brown , and Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Madison. There was an oral argument by John L. Brown and Jeffrey J. Shampo.

For the respondent-respondent, Charles E. Carlson, There was a brief filed by Robert M. Mihelich and Law Offices of Robert M. Mihelich, New Berlin. There was an oral argument by Robert M. Mihelich.

There was an amicus curiae brief filed on behalf of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce by Timothy G. Costello , Mark A. Johnson , and Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Milwaukee.

There was an amicus curiae brief filed on behalf of Disability Rights Wisconsin and the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin by Monica Murphy and Disability Rights Wisconsin Milwaukee.

There was an amicus curiae brief filed on behalf of Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association by Rebecca L. Salawdeh and Salawdeh Law Office, LLC, Wauwatosa, with whom on the brief was Caitlin M. Madden and Hawks Quindel, S.C., Madison.


¶ 1 Charles E. Carlson says Wisconsin Bell, Inc. intentionally discriminated against him when it terminated his employment because of his disability. Using the "inference method" of finding discriminatory intent, LIRC agreed and concluded that Wisconsin Bell violated the Wisconsin...

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