Brown County v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals1 which reversed a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county, Richard G. Greenwood, circuit judge, affirming an order of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (L.I.R.C.) holding that John Toonen was a visually handicapped person and was discriminated against by Brown county. We conclude that John Toonen was a visually handicapped person. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals’ holding and remand the cause to that court to review whether the L.I.R.C. correctly concluded, on the basis of properly…