Recent UI, WC and
ER appellate court decisions --
[See also, Court decisions
since 1995]
Information about recently published
appellate court decisions in the areas of Unemployment Insurance, Workers'
Compensation, and Equal Rights/Discrimination, as well as
links to full-text reproductions of the decisions, are provided below. The decisions
listed here have been issued within the last year. (Note: Only published
Court of Appeals decisions are included here).
[recent UI decisions] [recent WC decisions] [recent ER decisions]
 For access to full-text reproductions of all
published court decisions issued since 1995 in these areas, please visit
our
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page.
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decisions in UI cases, please visit our Search
UI Decisions page.
[The links provided on this page are
to the versions of these decisions at the websites of the Wisconsin
Supreme Court and
Court of Appeals]
Unemployment Insurance --
DWD v. LIRC and Dunham Express Corp.,
[HTML]
[PDF]
2010 WI App 123, __ Wis. 2d __, __ N.W.2d __
(courier drivers not
independent contractors under trucker contract operator provision,
but "employees" for UI tax purposes)
Mervosh v. LIRC & Zyzeon Capital Corp.,
[HTML]
[PDF]
2010 WI App 36, __Wis. 2d__, __N.W.2d __
("great weight" deference for decision on good cause for quit;
Transamerica "explanation"
requirement argument waived by non-assertion below)
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Workers' Compensation --
MM. Schranz Roofing, Inc., v. First Choice Temporary and LIRC,
[HTML]
[PDF]
__ WI AP __,
__ Wis. 2d __, __ N.W.2d __ (2011AP345, recommended for publication)
(loaned employee vs. temporary help employee)
DeBoer Transportation v. Charles Swenson and LIRC,
[HTML]
[PDF]
2011 WI 64,
335 Wis. 2d 599, 804 N.W.2d 658
(employer need not accommodate employees personal obligations under Wis.
Stat. § 12.35(3))
MG&E v. LIRC and Dave Parent,
[HTML]
[PDF]
2011 WI App 110,
336 Wis. 2d
197, 802 N.W.2d 502
(applying "stacking" rule of code minimum PPD ratings in case of knee
replacement)
Rock
Tenn Company v. LIRC and Shelly Wasmund,
[HTML]
[PDF]
2011
WI App 93, 334 Wis. 2d 750, 799 N.W.2d
904
(applying Wis. Stat. § 102.18(1)(b)
prospective treatment award to injuries occurring before date of statute's
enactment)
Earnest Ellis v. DOA and LIRC,
[HTML]
[PDF]
2011
WI App 67, 333 Wis. 2d 228, 800 N.W.2d 6
(discussing employee's burden of making a prima facie case of
permanent total disability under the odd lot doctrine)
City of Kenosha, v. LIRC and Charles Leipzig, Jr.,
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[PDF]
2011 WI App 51, 332 Wis.2d 448, 797 N.W.2d 885
(compensable injury to firefighter engaging in exercise or well-being
program on duty )
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Equal
Rights/Discrimination --
Joyce Aldrich v. LIRC
and Best Buy,
[HTML]
[PDF]
2011 WI App __, __ Wis.2d __, __ N.W.2d __ (#2010AP1785, filed
May 18, 2011)(publication recommended)
(Fed. court decision that complaint filed w. EEOC was untimely has
issue preclusion effect on issue of timeliness of filing with ERD)
Coulee Catholic Schools v. LIRC & Ostlund,
[HTML]
[PDF]
2009 WI 88, __Wis. 2d__, 768 N.W.2d 868
(Catholic school teacher's age discrimination claim precluded by 1st
Amendment)
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