Doering v. State Labor & Industry Review Commission

Schlueter Company and the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) appeal from a circuit court judgment reversing LIRC's order denying worker's compensation benefits to the estate of Kurt A. Doering. The court held that Doering's fatal injury, suffered while he was commuting from home to work, was compensable under the Worker's Compensation Act, ch. 102, Stats. Schlueter argues that Doering was not performing services growing out of and incidental to his employment at the time of his fatal accident as required under § 102.03(l)(c)l, Stats., and therefore it cannot be liable. We disagree…