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TOWN OF RUSSELL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. v. LIRC

No. 98-0734.

223 Wis.2d 723 (1998)

589 N.W.2d 445

TOWN OF RUSSELL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, c/o Town of Russell and EMC Companies, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Gary Prueser (deceased), c/o Jennifer Prueser, and Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, n/k/a Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas M. Rohe, of Otjen, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James E. Doyle, attorney general, Stephen M. Sobota, assistant attorney general, and James L. Bartells of Wausau.

Before Snyder, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.

ANDERSON, J.

The Town of Russell and its worker's compensation insurance carrier, EMC Companies, appeal from a judgment affirming the decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC), which held that Jennifer Prueser was entitled to death benefit compensation for the death of her husband, Gary Prueser. LIRC concluded that Gary was acting within the scope of his employment duties as a member of the Town of Russell Volunteer Fire Department when he awoke...

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