Legal Opinion
Byers v. Labor & Industry Review Commission
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided March 5, 1996No. 95-2490PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMyse, J.
The Labor and Industry Review Commission, Northern Mfg. Co. and Paul Norenberg appeal a trial court judgment reversing LIRC's determination that the Worker's Compensation Act's (WCA) exclusive remedy provision bars Janet Leigh Byers' Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) claim against her employer for failing to stop the sexual harassment of Byers by her co-employe. The trial court concluded that Byers' fair employment claim based upon her employer's failure to remedy the sexual harassment was not subject to the WCA's exclusive remedy provi sion. Because we conclude that the exclusive remedy…
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- Zabkowicz v. West Bend Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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- Lentz v. YoungCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1995
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Byers v. Labor & Industry Review CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1997
- Marino v. Arandell Corp.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1998