Jenson v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co.

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a

review of a published court of appeals decision, 154 Wis. 2d 313, 453 N.W.2d 165 (1990), which affirmed the summary judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county, Joseph A. McDonald, Judge, which dismissed the plaintiffs complaint for intentional infliction of emotional distress because plaintiffs remedy was exclusively under the Workers Compensation Act (hereinafter WCA). We affirm the court of appeals.

The plaintiff, Jan K. Jenson, became the clerk-treasurer of the Village of Solon Springs in 1978 by appointment of the village board. Insofar as this…