KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP. v. LIRC

No. 86-0835.

138 Wis.2d 58 (1987)

405 N.W.2d 684

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION and George Sitter, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, Labor and Industry Review Commission, the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general and James P. Altman, assistant attorney general.

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, George Sitter, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Miriam R. Horwitz, of Zubrensky, Padden, Graf & Maloney of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Joseph J. Beisenstein of Menn, Nelson, Sharratt, Teetaert & Beisenstein, Ltd. of Appleton.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.


SCOTT, C.J.

The Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) appeals a circuit court judgment reversing an order of LIRC. In an order dated July 12, 1985, LIRC had affirmed a hearing examiner's order requiring self-insured Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Kimberly-Clark) to pay George Sitter (Sitter) a certain sum as compensation for an occupational hearing loss. Kimberly-Clark was also ordered to pay a $5000 penalty under sec...

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