Legal Opinion
General Castings Corp. v. Winstead
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided May 23, 1990No. 89-2205PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNettesheim, P.J.
Lois Winstead, a former employee of the now defunct General Castings Corporation, appeals from a circuit court judgment reversing a decision and order of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) awarding worker's compensation benefits to Winstead pursuant to sec. 102.565, Stats., for a nondisabling silicosis disease. Since Winstead's employment terminated because General Castings closed its foundry operation and not because of Winstead's nondisabling silicosis, we conclude the circuit court properly reversed the LIRC decision.
The facts are not disputed. General Castings operated an…
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